What cpu's you would most like in a dream system - Page 2

Butcher · 01-11-2002, 12:30 AM

Sweet Joe, this was a 24-way 32GB S80 in a bigass rack, didn't see it much it was in the 200ft by 200ft comp room which you needed special access to get into. One hell of a lot of machines there

dantheman · 01-11-2002, 05:32 PM

*drool* I would love to have one of those, or the sunfire systems sun is putting together. THe biggest machine I have ever got to play with is a HP visual workstation with 2 500 risc processors and a gig of ram. It was slick.

Techguy · 01-15-2002, 11:48 AM

what about
COMPAQ NONSTOP™ HIMALAYA
http://www.compaq.com/products/servers/

My Fav part:
•Linear scalability to 4080 processors

Pyrotechnic · 02-03-2002, 06:05 PM

NOOOOOOOO !!!! NOT COMPAQ !!! www.compaqsucks.com

futRtrubL · 02-15-2002, 11:09 PM

I wish you had told me that 4 years ago. One huge horror story, but funny in a comedy of errors type way.

Edward

QazTaz · 02-16-2002, 09:56 AM

hm.. dual xeon if I didn't have to pay.... dual athlon mp if I had to pay (and, to bad I have to...

)

or why not KTH's (swedish royal university) new computer... cool as hell, 80 clustred amd 1400MHz units with total 80GB RAM...

~560 Gflops...

and it's running LINUX!....

sunblade · 02-23-2002, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Joe
Yeh getting a Quad 733Mhz Alpha machine would be SWEET. In processing power it would hammer all existing CPU's easily. And still cost less than the Dual Itanium boxes...

Nice thinking

Too bad Intel bought the Alpha tech, otherwise we'd have some Alpha EV8 acction, but now it'll never see the light of day

Joe · 02-23-2002, 02:05 PM

Compaq retained a greater portion of DEC than anyone, I thought Intel couldnt own the Alpha processor technology due to FTC worries. Thats why the Alpha portion of DEC was spun off into Alpha Processor Inc ( API) which was backed by Samnsung, IBM, Fujitsu, and a few other companies.

sunblade · 02-24-2002, 01:09 PM

Really? Wow, that's new to me. I thought that Intel swallowed Alpha whole.

As far as other CPUs, a P4 Xeon (Prestonia) system wouldn't be too bad. It would have hyper threading, so it would be similar to 2 CPUs = 4 CPUs.

Joe · 02-24-2002, 02:28 PM

but 2 of those CPU's would cost more than 6 Athlon based chips!!

dantheman · 02-24-2002, 09:41 PM

I think I will stick to my ppc stuff in the rs/6000's I actually have access to those. I would love a set of MIPS processors though. I run one in my indigo2 and my o2. I would love to get them inside of a origin 3000 *drool*

ksw · 02-25-2002, 02:44 PM

Nicest thing ive played around whith was an Compaq PRO Liant 4500 w 8 P MMX 166mhz procesors. it probobly was XEON but i dunno. it was running NT4 server.
heck. not as fast as ur computers. but fastest thing ive played around whith. it had 512MB ram. well it was from 95. and had 4 hotswap 18.2GB scsi 15000rpm drives. i vould have gotten it for free. if i had been able to get some transport. well well.
heck. not as fast as ur computers. but Hey. im only a poor 15year old. what to do?

cristoff · 03-13-2002, 07:49 AM

man i thought my computer was fast... geeze... this is outta my league..... but if i had to go with a dream computer that would actually run.... well.... for gaming and be able to use xp pro... lol... anyways.... it would have to be the xeons.... with a perfect board if one exists to overclock them both to 3.5ghz...

Yo-DUH_87 · 03-15-2002, 12:56 PM

Oc to 3.5 GHz? I read one article where cone crazy sweeds put a liquid nitrogin filled copper pot on top of their 1.6 GHz P4, and got it to 3.6, but that was liquid nitrogin!! Cold, cold, COLD!!

I like Anything Intel, AMD is cool, but all, but (almost) all the pro computer people use Intel! Now, I don't want to turn this into a flame thread (please, I've already done too many

), but I like pentium (never had any other, except a wimpy 200 AMD that stinks, I am working on turning it into a linux workstation

).

Signing out...

Brad · 03-15-2002, 03:19 PM

I've had a 2.4 up to 3.2, just by changing the fsb to 133. It was using stock aircooling ( the intel cooler is a bit bigger than the ones for 2.2's )

mx-6* · 03-15-2002, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Yo-DUH_87
I don't want to turn this into a flame thread (please, I've already done too many ), but I like pentium (never had any other, except a wimpy 200 AMD that stinks, I am working on turning it into a linux workstation ).

Signing out...

Well if you really really want a Pentium I have a P200MMX that I'll trade you for an XP2000.

Yo-DUH_87 · 03-15-2002, 04:35 PM

Na, thanks M8 (or, M6

)! If I had thay kinda money, I'd be running my linux computer on a P4 2.6, OCed to a cozy 3.0!!

mx-6* · 03-16-2002, 07:50 AM

Or you could just buy a dual XP2100 system for less with twice the performance. But then again common sense insn't as common as you might think.

ksw · 03-16-2002, 09:40 AM

gaah i cant understand how XBOX can lagg this much even when running a debugkit on an dual XP1900 whith 1024 DDR. i cant ****ing understand how the y can make a game lagg that much! (yes, i am a game beta-tester for a company that makes X-BOX games.) i cant ****ing understand how they do it!

Yo-DUH_87 · 03-16-2002, 10:49 AM

Hey, do you guys read computer shopper? They did a dual of the procesors, and Intel won! The ONLY thing that the AMD had over the intel was that office productivity was better by one point!

Computer Shopper, guys! Read it!

jaydee · 03-16-2002, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Yo-DUH_87
Hey, do you guys read computer shopper? They did a dual of the procesors, and Intel won! The ONLY thing that the AMD had over the intel was that office productivity was better by one point!

Computer Shopper, guys! Read it!

Well lets see results from the .13 micron AMD CPU's on a REAL mobo made from ASUS, MSI , ABIT, or Epox instead of the Tyan. Results will be far different.

Brad · 03-16-2002, 04:49 PM

computer shopper, wow, a really reliable source. I could build a 2100+ system that would beat a similarily costed p4 system by 10% in every benchmark you could find. just send me the money

Yo-DUH_87 · 03-18-2002, 09:28 AM

Similarly costed??

Forget about that! I do admit, Intel costs more. The reason AMD is so cheap, is because it is made by small hungry children in Afganistan, hand etched

Amd is a "better buy." cheap, and comarible preformance (Intel is still ahead!!).

Signing out...

jag_e_fattig · 03-31-2002, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Similarly costed??

Forget about that! I do admit, Intel costs more. The reason AMD is so cheap, is because it is made by small hungry children in Afganistan, hand etched

Amd is a "better buy." cheap, and comarible preformance (Intel is still ahead!!).

Signing out...

LOL! the die on a p4 is so big you'd think IT was hand etched!

Brad · 03-31-2002, 02:56 PM

if you really think amd gets their cpu's made in afghanistan, you are really really dumb

amd is cheaper, and right now about the same performance. when they introduce .13u they are likely to be ahead a bit.

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01-11-2002, 12:30 AM	#26
Butcher Thermophile Join Date: May 2001 Location: UK Posts: 1,064	Sweet Joe, this was a 24-way 32GB S80 in a bigass rack, didn't see it much it was in the 200ft by 200ft comp room which you needed special access to get into. One hell of a lot of machines there __________________ Once upon a time, in a land far far away...

02-23-2002, 02:05 PM	#33
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	Compaq retained a greater portion of DEC than anyone, I thought Intel couldnt own the Alpha processor technology due to FTC worries. Thats why the Alpha portion of DEC was spun off into Alpha Processor Inc ( API) which was backed by Samnsung, IBM, Fujitsu, and a few other companies. __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

02-24-2002, 02:28 PM	#35
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	but 2 of those CPU's would cost more than 6 Athlon based chips!! __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

02-25-2002, 02:44 PM	#37
ksw Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: SWEDEN(cold...) Posts: 195	Nicest thing ive played around whith was an Compaq PRO Liant 4500 w 8 P MMX 166mhz procesors. it probobly was XEON but i dunno. it was running NT4 server. heck. not as fast as ur computers. but fastest thing ive played around whith. it had 512MB ram. well it was from 95. and had 4 hotswap 18.2GB scsi 15000rpm drives. i vould have gotten it for free. if i had been able to get some transport. well well. heck. not as fast as ur computers. but Hey. im only a poor 15year old. what to do? __________________ www.webraced.com <- addicted as hell /me is! Last edited by ksw; 02-25-2002 at 02:48 PM.

01-11-2002, 05:32 PM	#27
dantheman Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 152	drool I would love to have one of those, or the sunfire systems sun is putting together. THe biggest machine I have ever got to play with is a HP visual workstation with 2 500 risc processors and a gig of ram. It was slick.

01-15-2002, 11:48 AM	#28
Techguy Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Suwanee, GA Posts: 130	what about COMPAQ NONSTOP™ HIMALAYA http://www.compaq.com/products/servers/ My Fav part: •Linear scalability to 4080 processors

02-03-2002, 06:05 PM	#29
Pyrotechnic Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 240	NOOOOOOOO !!!! NOT COMPAQ !!! www.compaqsucks.com

02-15-2002, 11:09 PM	#30
futRtrubL Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Kingston, Jamaica Posts: 204	I wish you had told me that 4 years ago. One huge horror story, but funny in a comedy of errors type way. Edward

02-16-2002, 09:56 AM	#31
QazTaz Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: stockholm, sweden Posts: 13	hm.. dual xeon if I didn't have to pay.... dual athlon mp if I had to pay (and, to bad I have to... ) or why not KTH's (swedish royal university) new computer... cool as hell, 80 clustred amd 1400MHz units with total 80GB RAM... ~560 Gflops... and it's running LINUX!....

02-24-2002, 01:09 PM	#34
sunblade Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: USA Posts: 156	Really? Wow, that's new to me. I thought that Intel swallowed Alpha whole. As far as other CPUs, a P4 Xeon (Prestonia) system wouldn't be too bad. It would have hyper threading, so it would be similar to 2 CPUs = 4 CPUs.

02-24-2002, 09:41 PM	#36
dantheman Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 152	I think I will stick to my ppc stuff in the rs/6000's I actually have access to those. I would love a set of MIPS processors though. I run one in my indigo2 and my o2. I would love to get them inside of a origin 3000 drool

03-13-2002, 07:49 AM	#38
cristoff Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mass Posts: 185	man i thought my computer was fast... geeze... this is outta my league..... but if i had to go with a dream computer that would actually run.... well.... for gaming and be able to use xp pro... lol... anyways.... it would have to be the xeons.... with a perfect board if one exists to overclock them both to 3.5ghz... __________________ fr33t3chi3

03-15-2002, 12:56 PM	#39
Yo-DUH_87 Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 230	Oc to 3.5 GHz? I read one article where cone crazy sweeds put a liquid nitrogin filled copper pot on top of their 1.6 GHz P4, and got it to 3.6, but that was liquid nitrogin!! Cold, cold, COLD!! I like Anything Intel, AMD is cool, but all, but (almost) all the pro computer people use Intel! Now, I don't want to turn this into a flame thread (please, I've already done too many ), but I like pentium (never had any other, except a wimpy 200 AMD that stinks, I am working on turning it into a linux workstation ). Signing out... __________________ Signing out... Yo-DUH_87 If it works, fix it until it's broke! Then, after it's broke, add duct tape! Affordable webhosting!

03-15-2002, 03:19 PM	#40
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	I've had a 2.4 up to 3.2, just by changing the fsb to 133. It was using stock aircooling ( the intel cooler is a bit bigger than the ones for 2.2's ) __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

03-15-2002, 04:35 PM	#42
Yo-DUH_87 Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 230	Na, thanks M8 (or, M6 )! If I had thay kinda money, I'd be running my linux computer on a P4 2.6, OCed to a cozy 3.0!! __________________ Signing out... Yo-DUH_87 If it works, fix it until it's broke! Then, after it's broke, add duct tape! Affordable webhosting!

03-16-2002, 07:50 AM	#43
mx-6* Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 165	Or you could just buy a dual XP2100 system for less with twice the performance. But then again common sense insn't as common as you might think.

03-16-2002, 09:40 AM	#44
ksw Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: SWEDEN(cold...) Posts: 195	gaah i cant understand how XBOX can lagg this much even when running a debugkit on an dual XP1900 whith 1024 DDR. i cant **ing understand how the y can make a game lagg that much! (yes, i am a game beta-tester for a company that makes X-BOX games.) i cant **ing understand how they do it! __________________ www.webraced.com <- addicted as hell /me is!

03-16-2002, 10:49 AM	#45
Yo-DUH_87 Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 230	Hey, do you guys read computer shopper? They did a dual of the procesors, and Intel won! The ONLY thing that the AMD had over the intel was that office productivity was better by one point! Computer Shopper, guys! Read it! __________________ Signing out... Yo-DUH_87 If it works, fix it until it's broke! Then, after it's broke, add duct tape! Affordable webhosting!

03-16-2002, 04:49 PM	#47
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	computer shopper, wow, a really reliable source. I could build a 2100+ system that would beat a similarily costed p4 system by 10% in every benchmark you could find. just send me the money __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

03-18-2002, 09:28 AM	#48
Yo-DUH_87 Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 230	Similarly costed?? Forget about that! I do admit, Intel costs more. The reason AMD is so cheap, is because it is made by small hungry children in Afganistan, hand etched Amd is a "better buy." cheap, and comarible preformance (Intel is still ahead!!). Signing out... __________________ Signing out... Yo-DUH_87 If it works, fix it until it's broke! Then, after it's broke, add duct tape! Affordable webhosting!

03-31-2002, 02:56 PM	#50
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	if you really think amd gets their cpu's made in afghanistan, you are really really dumb amd is cheaper, and right now about the same performance. when they introduce .13u they are likely to be ahead a bit. __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

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