It'll be interesting to see if the theories apply in practice on non-server hardware too. If low latency's the ticket whatever speed you buy I'll have to improve the ram in my old clunkers

Noticed your comment regarding latency.

So, on a Q6600 Quad for example, Seti would respond better w/ DDR2-800 @ CL-3 than cranking to higher bandwidth, say DDR2-1200 but having to run CL5?

Is this right?

[PS: As a guesstimate , if 3 cycle latency and 400Mhz (DDR2-800) is 7.5ns , and 5 cycle latency at 600MHz (ddr2-1200) is 8.33ns then a small access will start about 10 % faster with the low latency ddr2 800.

So if I was just doing seti and checking my emails I'd go the ddr2-800 low latency,

Fast Latency is more important for small random memory accesses (Like seti) , and high bandwidth is more important for database servers and stuff. (depending what they store )

I think adding more sticks would increase bandwidth but raise latency too, making that more suitable for a high capacity database server that accesses big blocks of continuous data. (less suitable for seti / workstation]

Jason

I've often wondered if it would be possible to code a sequence which has no pipeline stalls, keeps all execution units fully occupied, uses cache fully, and uses main memory transfers at peak. In a sense that's the ultimate goal of optimization; nothing wasted. I don't think we're anywhere near that yet, but I take higher CPU temperatures as a good sign in general. OTOH, a bad algorithm can use a lot of CPU without being optimal, so I don't think temperature is a sufficient indicator of effective optimization.
 Joe

Hi all,
At the moment I╢m testing the mmx client.
be patient, work is going on.

regards heinz

Hello
Is there any table with results aquired with benchmarks (KWSN Knabench 1.43 Benchmark for example) on different platforms to compare ?

Hi folks,

while it may not be an Asus board, this one looks pretty promising as far as Bear Lake boards go:

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40381 DFI LanParty P35-T2R

I mean, 2.5 GHz FSB? Whoa...digital PWM power converter circuits really seem to be the way to go in the future. No way you're gonna get close to that with analog ones.

When you look at the picture, note the area above (as the board lies) the CPU socket. Notice the lack of tons of large condensators, and the general flat and heatsink-less area? Ever put a thermometer on your analog PWM?

Not sure what price that DFI board is going to be, but it may be worth it coupled with a 6420 or a new Q6600 vs. another board with a higher-specced chip.

Regards,
Simon.