<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr">Did you really hold the Nehalem Xeon chips in your hands? They probably require new motherboards with a new chipset.<br>
</div></blockquote><div>absolutely <br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><br>It would be nice to hear from you some numbers concerning Harpertown vs Nehalem performance</div>
</blockquote><div><br>those who know will not be able tell you because of the NDA.<br>i think it is fair to say that the major difference is expected in the memory bandwidth.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr"><br>Unfortunately, I can not wait beyond Jan 1 due to financial constraints. <br></div></blockquote><div>then make your choice between Barcelona and Harpertown.<br>if you are lucky you can get Shanghai which is expected by the end of the year.<br>
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