games mostly are not smp aware, yes
the key difference here is the nocona xeons (800 fsb, dual channell DDR400 on a 875P mobo)
the power of a nocona xeon is very good, better than a P4 by far
every opteron box we have has had to be continually tweaked, often at the kernel level
our machines are pure number crunchers for CFD, CKM & 3D visualization
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