Computer freaks: processor question here
 

was looking at getting dual Xeons with Hyperthreading.....


is that not as good as say, a 3.x Ghz single P4 with hyperthreading? (the duals would be 2.x Ghz)


I just want the maximum performance I can get, so throw me a bone here.

the single would undoubtedly be cheaper....

but I want to get as good as I can get.... so whichever setup is better is the key.

Depends what you are doing with it really..

graphics..... lots and lots of graphics.

Yeah 2 xeons would probably be a bit better.. really what you should look at is one of the athlon 64 high end chips.. (3200+ or 3400+) those are smoking for graphics, and games.. which are pretty much the same thing these days. :)

not too crazy about athlons... i've had a dozen of them in the past and smoked every one of them in a matter of months.

they rule now. the 64 bit processor owns

Photoshop 7 performance DUAL CPU

Photoshop 7 performance SINGLE CPU


According to these tests a Dual Xeon with 2.X is slower than a single P4, 3.0 for photoshop. Not too surprising the Xeons do not scale well


P4 3.0 for the best price/performance

Dual Opteron for best performance

what he says + go for the P4

I would go with the P4..

Dual Opteron for best performance :thumbsup

Go with duel athlon 64.

Use a decen't size heat sink.

They are cheaper. I have used p4's and Athlons XP's

I have "heard great reviews with A64's"

Run the System on Hyper X Ram

they're nice indeed

If you go with the dual make sure you get a very good motherboard. :2 cents:

hmmm..... i don't understand how a single CPU can outperform a dual setup...



but the 4gb of ram is what I most want. I just figgered twin CPUs would boost it that much more.

so now I'm looking at:

Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor Extreme Edit. 3.40GHz, 2MB L3 Cache


(still with 4gb of ram)

I'm a designer also..

my working rig:
Athlon 64bit 3400+
Abit KV8-MAX3 motherboard
1GB Kingston ddr500 ram
2 x 80 gb maxtors with 8mb cashe in SATA raid
Ati 9600PRO
2 x Samsung 174T LCD displays
chieftec case
1000VA ups

super stable. super fast!

#1 Rule, Intel Only

That looks like a very pretty penny.

who makes the UPS ? Whats the model # ? (I work for a UPS Company)

haha and he cheaps out on the case with a chieftec :glugglug

the funny part is, no matter what you get, when it's all set up, you're not going to notice the difference.

4gigs of ram seems a bit overkill.

:) uhm, paid $130 for the Chieftec Dragon...
http://www.overclockercafe.com/Revie.../pics/1001.jpg
Mine is black though

the UPS is the cheap part, SWEEX, and I cant find the model #, that's why I can't install the floppy drivers from it. It was $80 or so.

anyways:
http://mail.net.mk/bdkox/pc1.jpg

http://mail.net.mk/bdkox/pc2.jpg

Amp...Quit fucking around.

http://www.go-l.com/desktops/machl38/features/index.htm

Holy shit......

That thing is amazing

Ive heard about the Solid State drives..... Meant to be incredible

If you built it...It will come.

http://www.go-l.com/store/hardware/machl38.htm

lol.... and the 23" sony crt wasn't?

c'mon dude. 4 g's of RAM is far less overkill and much more justified than that 200 pound monster monitor you got there.

it's 24"...

but i'm not using it anymore : )

this looks promising.... pricey, but sexy.

except when I click on a system, it goes 404 on me.

did you finally cave in to the almighty LCD like I did? :Graucho

indeed i did.

http://216.17.111.105/dt2.jpg

very nice :thumbsup