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    I am getting ready to build or have some one build me a fast new comp and i was considering the dual zeon system. I was talking to a person who is an AMD lover and she said that a dual xeon would be slower at encoding that a 64bit processor. I want to see what you guys think.
    My need for a fast comp is because im a hardcore gamer and a hardcore encoder.

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    I'm pretty sure the any dual Xeon will out perform a single Athlon64. Of course that's assuming that you will be using an smp aware encode. Your video card is more important, when gaming.
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    Athlon64 might be better for gaming. Xeons aren't really multimedia focused processors. Encoding would be faster on dual Xeons, especially if you're using an SMP aware encoder. You'll probably have an easier time of that than finding a 64-bit encoder, but if you do, then you'd be better off with the Athlon64.
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    in actual tests with procoder and CCe , a dual 800fsb 3ghz xeon system was about 75% faster than an AMD64 system ..
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  5. Originally Posted by BJ_M
    in actual tests with procoder and CCe , a dual 800fsb 3ghz xeon system was about 75% faster than an AMD64 system ..
    maybe so, but dual 64's destroy the xeons read about it in tom's hardware
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    Originally Posted by 808smokey
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    in actual tests with procoder and CCe , a dual 800fsb 3ghz xeon system was about 75% faster than an AMD64 system ..
    maybe so, but dual 64's destroy the xeons read about it in tom's hardware

    i have not believed anything in tom's world for a long time -- it is a advertising supported who is best site .. and has been called out many times ..

    second -- i can dig up lots of contrary reports .. and there no dual amd64 systems anyway - they are opterons and different than an amd64 chip ..

    and third - tom's was not comparing 800fsb xeons ..

    and fourth -- with 100's and 100's of systems , many of which are in our render farms .. we prefer the stability and performance of the xeon systems -- and the opterons are quite good also , but the chip sets runnning amd64 systems seem to be thier downfall- not in perfomance but in long term stability ..

    there is no 64bit encoder yet - and no non beta windows 64bit OS (for the amd or xeon 800fsb64bit) (only for the older intel 64bit) ..

    so the full potential of either system really has not been realized anyway ..


    AMD makes a great cpu, no one saying contrary ...

    but there is a lot more to a system than one part ..
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  8. I could care less less either way really. I have no use for a dual CPU system. I just remember you have dual xeons that's all. Just trying to fire ya up
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    i am thinking about a dual opteron system actually - that or the new xeons .. it is a toss up ..

    i wish winxp 64 final was out ...
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    Hold off until the E-0 stepping revision for those 64-bit Xeons. We should see a lot better reviews of the processor then. Also the Opterons don't have the same instruction sets that Intel and its chipsets do which are geared more toward workstation use. Opterons dominate the server world though, but eventually they'll be more geared toward multimedia and the Xeons will get closer in server work. For now the choice is a little easier.
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    When is the Xeon 64 bit stepping revsion suppose ot occur?
    So, from the few comments that I read, it seems that dual Xeon is the best choice for now with regard to building a faster encoding machine. It does seem however that the opinions here seem to be mixed.
    Also, does anyone know when the 64bit Windows OS will be released?
    I better hurry up and build the dual xeon system and then by the time the 64bit OS comes out I'll tell the wife that I need to get a new system to keep up with the technological advances.

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    Rumored to be out late Q3 2004, but I'd safely say November if it's anything like the release dates for the current versions.
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