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 08D3811F6083 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:37:46 -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 11476-02 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:37:34 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from mail.envysolutions.com (mark.mielke.cc [206.248.142.186]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 183AB11F6648 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:37:33 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.envysolutions.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C0831B69C; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:38:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail.envysolutions.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mark.mielke.cc [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 08904-08; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:38:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail.envysolutions.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id 455FD1B6A2; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:38:17 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:38:17 -0400 From: mark@mark.mielke.cc To: Scott Marlowe Cc: Bill Moran , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Large (8M) cache vs. dual-core CPUs Message-ID: <20060425183817.GA9241@mark.mielke.cc> References: <20060425141435.6c8c163c.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <1145990018.23538.234.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1145990018.23538.234.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mail.envysolutions.com X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200604/567 X-Sequence-Number: 18651 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 -- mark@mielke.cc / markm@ncf.ca / markm@nortel.com __________________________ . . _ ._ . . .__ . . ._. .__ . . . .__ | Neighbourhood Coder |\/| |_| |_| |/ |_ |\/| | |_ | |/ |_ | | | | | | \ | \ |__ . | | .|. |__ |__ | \ |__ | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them... http://mark.mielke.cc/