[Pc_Support] Foxconn's $245 Single Opteron, nForce Pro 2200 + 2050 ...

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 01:37 -0400, Jason Boxman wrote:
> But "entry level" for what task?  My old dual P3 733MHz seems to get the job 
> done, so I guess it's "mid level" or "high end" for me.
> ;)

Agreed.  But if you're running with more than 1GB of RAM, under Linux,
you're using the split 4G/4G model (instead of 1G/3G) which hurts
performance on x86.

[ NOTE:  Under NT, this is 2GB of RAM (split 2G/2G model). ]

It's at that point you should consider Opteron (Linux/x86-64).
There are other advantages, including the I/O MMU and the avoidance
of the "bounce buffers" if you do have more than 4GB of RAM.


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