From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 3 22:04:23 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A0EB16A4CE; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 22:04:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wmptl.net (mail.wmptl.com [216.8.159.133]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC92443D3F; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 22:04:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nvidican@wmptl.com) Received: from r3140ca ([10.0.0.104]) by wmptl.net (8.13.1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j13M4OMQ092789; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 17:04:24 -0500 (EST) From: "Nathan Vidican" To: Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 17:04:21 -0500 Message-ID: <000001c50a3c$50f2eba0$6800000a@r3140ca> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-Spam-Score: 0 () X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.44 cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Intel EMT64 Xeon vs AMD Opteron X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 22:04:23 -0000 Hey all, Just looking for general opinions and/or advice regarding use of one over the other. Cost wise, AMD Opteron 246 is roughly the same cost as a 3.0Ghz Xeon ... But how do they compare performance wise; specifically related to FreeBSD? (Not subscribed to both lists I sent this to, please reply directly via email and cc the list if you could - thanks) -- Nathan Vidican nvidican@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/