CPUs (wasRe: [Gllug] Install problems again)

[Chris Bell]

On Fri 10 Jan, Jason Clifford wrote:
> 

> 
> Initially P4 CPUs offered less performance than P3 chips even though rated 
> higher.
> 
> That situation has been remedied for quite some time and P4 CPUs are no 
> longer a performance problem.
> 
> What is an issue is the power requirement and heat radiation however I 
> cannot say to what extent as I've not yet implemented P4 servers - memory 
> and disk subsystem performance are a lot more important for a server than 
> CPU performance given how powerful even the lowest entry level CPU is 
> these days.

   I have not seen much about the new Intel wide RISC chips, (X-range?).
Perhaps the peripherals and add-ons would need to be redesigned, making them
too expensive compared with a standard PC.

-- 
Chris Bell


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