[64studio-devel] Which AMD processor

[Chris]

Quentin Harley wrote:
> Chris wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am about to buy a new AMD cpu. I'm looking at Athlon 64 or Athlon 64 
>> X2 around 3800+. The single core runs at 2.4GHz, the dual core X2 is 
>> 2x2GHz and they are quite similar in price. Is there any benefit in 
>> dual core for 64Studio apps? Any other recommendations? The box would 
>> be used for VJing as well as video editing and audio editing.
>>   
> 
> I run the Athlon x2 3800+.  What a pleasure!  I can recommend it (or one 
> of it's faster siblings) without hesitation.  The dual core makes your 
> system seem invincible.  Instead of power hungry apps eating away you 
> quality of service (the responsiveness of the desktop is one) it gives 
> all the power of one CPU, while the other is available to the rest,
> 
> I saw this recently when I made the patch for gcdmaster.  The bug caused 
> the application to consume 100% cpu of the CPU assigned to it.  On 
> single CPU this would mean a sure crash.  In x2 this means 1CPU is very 
> busy while the other looks after business as usual.
> 
> The difference between 2.4 and 2 is also not so great.  you'l have 
> closer to 4 with dual core because things happen in parallel.
> 
> So! that was my sales pitch for the day.  Just a pity I am not getting 
> anything for it...
> 
> Cheers,
> Quentin
> 
> 


Thanks very much for the first hand advice, it sounds like x2 is the way 
to go, I think I am going to get a X2 3800+ energy efficient 
(ADD3800CUBOX). They are cheap, very low power and that speed is going 
to do all I need.

Thanks

Chris