[Wylug-discuss] Linux on Intel 64-Bit Xeon

[Mark P. Conmy]

On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, John Hodrien wrote:
>
> I can tell you that the dual Xeon 3.6 box we've got with 2Gigs of RAM is a
> screamer, honestly the fastest thing I've ever used at the desktop.  The
> graphics card will help a little with that (Quadro FX 4400), although not
> much.  But then I've not used an equivalent AMD64 box to compare it against.

One testimony I've had is from someone who has been playing with
a pair of beowulfs (one AMD one Xeon).  The AMD works much better
and, while the hardware is largely comparable, there may be other
factors involved.

As you say, comparisons are tricky things.

Mark