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"Jon Aquilina" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:eagles051387@gmail.com"><eagles051387@gmail.com></a> wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">..also why opterons wouldnt there be a better performance gain from
the new 45nm quad core intel's with 12mb cache?
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The memory bandwidth on the XEONS is quite restrictive for many types
of calculations, <br>
plus the overall power consumption on large memory systems using XEONS
and FBDIMMS is also a factor.<br>
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