Re: Barcelona vs Tigerton

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Guy Rouillier <guyr-ml1(at)burntmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Barcelona vs Tigerton
Date: 2007-09-11 19:59:51
Message-ID: 46E6F3B7.80801@commandprompt.com
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Guy Rouillier wrote:
> Mindaugas wrote:
>> Hello,

> Barcelona was just announced yesterday. I wouldn't want to be betting
> my business on it just yet. Plus, AMD usually is able to up the clock on
> their chips pretty well after they've got a few production runs under
> their belts. If you've absolutely got to have something today, I'd say
> Intel would be a safer bet. If you can afford to wait 3-4 months, then
> you'll benefit from some industry experience as well as production
> maturity with Barcelona, and can judge then which better fits your needs.
>

AMD has already stated they will be ramping up the MHZ toward the end of
the year. Patience is a virtue.

Joshua D. Drake

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