X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3084311F610C for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:42:49 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 10761-07 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:42:33 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from exchange.g2switchworks.com (mail.g2switchworks.com [63.87.162.25]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74DA511F6109 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:42:32 -0300 (ADT) Received: from 10.10.1.37 ([10.10.1.37]) by exchange.g2switchworks.com ([10.10.1.2]) with Microsoft Exchange Server HTTP-DAV ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 18:42:31 +0000 Received: from state.g2switchworks.com by mail.g2switchworks.com; 25 Apr 2006 13:42:31 -0500 Subject: Re: Large (8M) cache vs. dual-core CPUs From: Scott Marlowe To: mark@mark.mielke.cc Cc: Bill Moran , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: <20060425183817.GA9241@mark.mielke.cc> References: <20060425141435.6c8c163c.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <1145990018.23538.234.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> <20060425183817.GA9241@mark.mielke.cc> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1145990551.23538.244.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:42:31 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200604/568 X-Sequence-Number: 18652 On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 13:38, mark@mark.mielke.cc wrote: > On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 01:33:38PM -0500, Scott Marlowe wrote: > > Sad, cause the AMD is, on a price / performance scale, twice the > > processor for the same money as the Intel. > > Maybe a year or two ago. Prices are all coming down. Intel more > than AMD. > > AMD still seems better - but not X2, and it depends on the workload. > > X2 sounds like biggotry against Intel... :-) Actually, that was from an article from this last month that compared the dual core intel to the amd. for every dollar spent on the intel, you got about half the performance of the amd. Not bigotry. fact. But don't believe me or the other people who've seen the difference. Go buy the Intel box. No skin off my back.