yeah, but will the software (os/app's) take advantage of all that threading<br>capability?<br><br>I'd personally go for something like this.<br><br>single core....but over clock the hell out of it...<br><br>http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/article.asp?CIID=26054<br><br>single core, over clocked to the max....<br><br>everything gets faster..not only multi threaded apps.<br><br><br>tee hee<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><b><i>Paul Lancaster <paul_lancaster@blueyonder.co.uk></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <br>> 1) Is the graphics card any good? I don't care for games, but I hate<br>> seeing screen updates! And how does it compare to the Nvidia Quadro<br>> FX 370???<br>> 2) Is 2gig adequate for typical use + some background virtualisation<br>> (of pretty minimal machines) + Netbeans & java development? I suspect<br>> it'd easily handle it, but that 4gig would
be better...<br>> <br>4 gig would be better, especially if you start databases in the background.<br>> 3) Is quad extreme noticably better than the intel core 2 quad?<br>> <br>Extreme are normally unlocked, and overclocked - and expensive.<br><br>Ever thought of dual socket server (2 x quad xeon or phenoms), 2 <br>standard cpu's are arround the same price as an extreme cpu, and you get <br>8 cores :)<br><br>Paul<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list<br>dundee@lists.lug.org.uk http://dundee.lug.org.uk<br>https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee<br>Chat on IRC, #tlug on dundee.lug.org.uk<br></blockquote><br><p> 
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