Anybody using intel quad core Xeon processors?

[aulim]

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For the same application function, How fast compared to dual core 2?
The cost for the whole computer setup is more than double. Can the savings justify the initial investment?

[jiro]

they are the same.

X3220 are also known as Q6600
X3230 are also known as Q6700


Q6600
Intel® Core?2 Quad Processor Q6600 - SLACR
Xeon
Intel® Xeon® Processor X3220 - SLACT

the difference?
1. they have diffent thermal specification
2. different voltage range
3. diffent thermal design power
4. xeon may need a compatible motherboard.
5. some xeons have socket 771. desktop are 775.

xeon are designed for servers - multiple processing.

off topic: i think xeon is better at running gtaIV. ^_^
still, xeon are for servers. regular quads are for desktops.

[jiro]

dbl post. deleted.

[istoryanimo]

Correct... ka brojiro

[Rainerius]

Kita ko 8 ka X3220 Xeons in a Tyan motherboard sa TechEd before, siga akong mata oi. muwahaha

[jiro]

Kita ko 8 ka X3220 Xeons in a Tyan motherboard sa TechEd before, siga akong mata oi. muwahaha

karun pa ko kita.
compared sa corei7? dual xeon quadcore (para 8cores)
quadcore (Hyper threading - 8 logical cores) vs 8 pure cores.

overkill kaayu.

[EarlZ]

Kita ko 8 ka X3220 Xeons in a Tyan motherboard sa TechEd before, siga akong mata oi. muwahaha

AFAIK,

X3220 is LG775, it is incapable of operating under a multi-CPU environment.. you need LG771 processors for those. Tyan has never released any octa-socket capable motherboard for both LG775 and LG771.

[Rainerius]

AFAIK,

X3220 is LG775, it is incapable of operating under a multi-CPU environment.. you need LG771 processors for those. Tyan has never released any octa-socket capable motherboard for both LG775 and LG771.

It was in TechEd Malaysia last 2007, basin engineering sample to not for consumer use. They were demonstrating SQL Server 2005.

[Anton]

For the same application function, How fast compared to dual core 2?
The cost for the whole computer setup is more than double. Can the savings justify the initial investment?

If you're planning to go for a single proc setup, i suggest you go with core i7
they're way on top on core per core output, here you go: PassMark Intel vs AMD CPU Benchmarks - High End

It was in TechEd Malaysia last 2007, basin engineering sample to not for consumer use. They were demonstrating SQL Server 2005.

I haven't heard Tyan having octa-socket capable core2 xeon motherboard. The only core2 Xeon chipset i know that can handle more than 2 CPU's is the 7300(Clarksboro) chipset, which can handle a maximum of 4 cpu's.
So prolly what you saw at the TechEd demo you saw was prolly a tyan typhoon series system, they've been showing those things since '06 i believe... But those are blade-based designs, and as such are composed of multiple motherboards.


Beefed-Up Tyan Typhoon Servers Coming in Jan. - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership.
Tyan Typhoon 600 series reaches 256 gigflops for "personal supercomputing" - Engadget
Tyan Typhoon - Your Personal 16-Core Supercomputer | Gear Live

[EarlZ]

It was in TechEd Malaysia last 2007, basin engineering sample to not for consumer use. They were demonstrating SQL Server 2005.

Tyan is NOT even a consumer level motherboard, engineering sample or not its impossible to get a octa-socket system on the conditions you said, i think what you saw is what anton said.. server blades.