AMD Dual Core CPU's

[Ed Fletcher]

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ulrich steffens wrote:
> Am Sonntag, den 29.01.2006, 21:24 -0800 schrieb Ed Fletcher:
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>>I'm looking at a new motherboard/cpu combination and I'm looking for
>>info on how well the dual core cpu's from AMD work with Ubuntu Breezy.
>> Anyone running one of these?  Is there enough real benefit to having
>>a dual core chip, given the extra cost?
>>
>>To keep the comparison fair, I'm looking at the same clock speed and
>>cache size.  The price is almost double, but not quite.
>>
>>Probably a Gigabyte board with the Nvidia Nforce4 chipset.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Ed
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> 
> hi,
> as i'm also in the process of upgrading, i came across this article at
> tomshardware.com [1], which is a nice read if you consider an amd X2. 
> i dont know about the prices in the us, but in germany you can get the
> X2 3800 for 10 euros more then the single cpu 3800. and looking at the
> testresults, the X2 3800 doesnt perform that bad.
> 
> [1] http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/08/01/dual/
> 
> regards
> 
> ulrich
> 
> 

You're right about the price but look at the clock speeds.  The AMD 64
X2 3800+ runs at 2 GHz.  The AMD 64 3800+ runs at 2.4 GHz.  That's a
sizable difference.  To get an X2 at 2.4 GHz, you have to step up to
the 4200+, which is almost double the price.

I'm still going to go with an AMD 64, but I think that I'll stick to
the single core.  Too much money and not enough benefit yet for the
dual core.

Thanks,
Ed
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