On Apr 25, 2006, at 2:14 PM, Bill Moran wrote:

> Where I'm stuck is in deciding whether we want to go with dual-core
> pentiums with 2M cache, or with HT pentiums with 8M cache.

In order of preference:

Opterons (dual core or single core)
Xeon with HT *disabled* at the BIOS level (dual or single core)


Notice Xeon with HT is not on my list :-)

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• Large (8M) cache vs. dual-core CPUs at 2006-04-25 18:14:35 from Bill Moran

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