Trying To Make A Game Server

[phatazzmoose]

To add a second CPU if you got a 2xx series chip

ahhh right seen that part

so dual will only give more results when im running more than one server correct?

[Paranoid]

If you were hosting two games at once. Most games can only take advantage of a single CPU, so a dual CPU setup would be pointless.

[phatazzmoose]

Most games can only take advantage of a single CPU, so a dual CPU setup would be pointless

 

right so the 148 would work fine then... what about the 2xx series? they are 2-way right? is that basically like intel's hyper-threading where its dual die's on one chip?

[Paranoid]

Hyper Threading just simulates two CPU's, there really is only a single die.

 

A 2xx setup would beat out a Xeon setup mostly because the memory bandwidth is seperate for each chip. There's no bottleneck unlike intel's Xeon.

Edited December 6, 2004 by Paranoid

[phatazzmoose]

oh so it is ACTUALLY two die's, not just simulated to be 2

 

so the 2xx series would be the same as running dual 1xx series...no performance boost unless im running two servers

 

so technically the 8xx series would have 8 "individual" processors on the chip? bring on the folding

 

 

 

EDIT: this may be a little off subject <_< but since im thinking about it, has anyone figured out a way to unlock the athlon 64 non-fx series? you would prolly have to take off the heat spreader to even see if its possible...

Edited December 6, 2004 by phatazzmoose

[battery]

they are unlocked downward....

[Paranoid]

oh so it is ACTUALLY two die's, not just simulated to be 2

 

so the 2xx series would be the same as running dual 1xx series...no performance boost unless im running two servers

 

so technically the 8xx series would have 8 "individual" processors on the chip?      bring on the folding

No...

 

Each CPU has a single die, but only the 2xx and 8xx chips can be run in a dual CPU setup. Only the 8xx series can be run in quad, 8-way, or ever higher numbers.

 

Sometime in 2005, there will be dual cores on a single chip.

Edited December 6, 2004 by Paranoid

[phatazzmoose]

ahhh i got it

so you can run 4 or 8 processors together...but they dont have that many dies onboard

 

but is there any way to unlock them (a64 non-fx) upward?

[Paranoid]

but is there any way to unlock them (a64 non-fx) upward?

Nope, they're locked internally, just like P4's

[phatazzmoose]

so im guessing theres no hope of ever getting my multi above 10

that saddens me

[Nemo]

Paranoid - clear up something for me please. When running multiple CPUs, why do they have to be the same batch if your are not going to try to OC them?

[Paranoid]

They have to be in the same batch, or very close. If they aren't there's a good chance they won't run together.