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Re: amigaone cpu ??
« on: May 12, 2003, 09:48:36 AM »
@KennyR:

Of course, if AmigaOS (or even Morphos) would be ported to a 2GHz x86 successfully, that would be even faster. But I think the point you're trying to get across is that your 600MHz G3 is fast _enough_, which rarely happens on my 2.2GHz P4 (Debian). For some odd reason it doesn't happen on my 666MHz G3 (Debian) either, but that's Linux for you, yes. X is a bad beast...
 

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Re: amigaone cpu ??
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2003, 07:16:09 AM »
Well, the 970 has a totally different way of thinking with the two busses that do not change data direction, just keep pumping data same direction.

However, I think the difference between a 750FX at 8x100 and a 750FX at 4x200 would be noticable. For some odd reason the memory on one of these solutions would be twice as fast ;-)
 

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Re: amigaone cpu ??
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2003, 07:18:06 AM »
@Hammer:

Have you looked at the Opteron yet?

A colleague of mine suggested I ask the boss for a home computer so I can work at home and stuff... I want a G4 AmigaOne running Linux, he wants me to buy a dual Opteron 1.4GHz. The Opteron is more expensive, but I'm thinking about it anyway :-)

Trouble is, Debian doesn't have an x86-64 branch ready yet...
 

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Re: amigaone cpu ??
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2003, 10:47:26 AM »
You forgot to add the second CPU. Not much point buy a dual CPU card and no CPUs. And the memory is more expensive. All in all, the Opteron is a faster and more expensive system. But it's a lot more bang for the buck.

And I was not comparing them, I just said the Opteron would be more expensive. I know for a fact which one would be most fun to me with AmigaOS, and it's not the Opteron. I just asked if you had actually TRIED one, not just talk about it. Like sex, you know. Those who talk most about it seldom get any ;-)

I know for a fact that some Cray machines are REALLY fast, but that doesn't mean I have to own one. It's more expensive, so I might not afford it ;-)

And making a pricewatch that compares Eyetech and Vesalia prices wouldn't excactly be any point since Vesalia buys the boards from Eyetech. You're not gonna see extreme differences unless Vesalia goes down and needs to recoup their losses or something :-P