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From: mark@mark.mielke.cc
To: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@g2switchworks.com>
Cc: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Large (8M) cache vs. dual-core CPUs
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:38:17 -0400
Message-ID: <20060425183817.GA9241@mark.mielke.cc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1145990018.23538.234.camel@state.g2switchworks.com>
References: <20060425141435.6c8c163c.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
	<1145990018.23538.234.camel@state.g2switchworks.com>

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... :-)

Cheers,
mark

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