Kevin Krusher

[Trevor Schell]

Any ideas as to what PC parts I should be looking at
in order to smack Kevins butt around in terms of PC
number crunching? :B
No Intel here, only AMD!!:yesnod:

[Kevin P]

What, am I catching up to you in SETI units too quickly for your comfort? :-y

You think I'm going to help you with THAT quest? :twisted:

Beat me at number crunching? Throw one of these in: Athlon 64 FX60 Toledo Dual Core

[PewterTA]

It's not about how fast, it's about how many!

[Azeke]

See if you can borrow this badboy from DOE.

" IBM's BlueGene/L System, a joint development with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) installed at the DOE's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California. BlueGene/L has held this No. 1 position on the last two Top 500 lists.

Top500.org reported that IBM's system doubled in size during the last six months and reached a new record benchmark performance of 280.6 teraflops, or trillions of calculations per second. "No other system has yet exceeded the level of 100 teraflops, and this system is expected to remain the number one Supercomputer in the world for the next few editions of the Top 500 list," according to top500.org."

Bet you that'll blow Kevin out of the water :rofl: .

Myself, I'm still using 1.7GHZ processor as work stations , and a dual processor (450MHZ) server .

Best regards,

Azeke

BTW, just kidding Kevin .

[Trevor Schell]

Ha! I just want Kevin to sweat it out a bit.

Seriously though,I did buy a new ASUS Motherboard.
This one is an AGP board, that supports the Athlon 64,
Athlon FX and Athlon X2.
So , all I need now is the processor.
Currently I am running the Athlon XP 3200+.

The reason I went with the AGP baord is due to not being
ready to give up on my AGP Nvidea 6800 GT OC 256mb Graphics card.
I invested too much money on that to upgrade it right now.

Kevin,,The FX 60 Dual Core is certainly the bomb!
Just not sure how much I want to spend at this point. :scratchhead:

[Kevin P]

Kevin,,The FX 60 Dual Core is certainly the bomb!
Just not sure how much I want to spend at this point. :scratchhead:

You've never let that stop you before! :-y

Any dual core will be able to crunch 2 SETI units simultaneously. But you'll have to get a FX to beat my per-unit speed (A64 4000+ here).

[aud19]

Ha! I just want Kevin to sweat it out a bit.

Seriously though,I did buy a new ASUS Motherboard.
This one is an AGP board, that supports the Athlon 64,
Athlon FX and Athlon X2.
So , all I need now is the processor.
Currently I am running the Athlon XP 3200+.

The reason I went with the AGP baord is due to not being
ready to give up on my AGP Nvidea 6800 GT OC 256mb Graphics card.
I invested too much money on that to upgrade it right now.

Kevin,,The FX 60 Dual Core is certainly the bomb!
Just not sure how much I want to spend at this point. :scratchhead:

If you're not going to go with a newer PCI-E mobo and still planning on using your current video card, there's not really any point in upgrading IMO. I suppose you could put in just a newer CPU in your current rig if you HAVE to but there's no need to upgrade the rest if you ask me. What CPU's did your "old" mobo support?

What exactly are you trying to achieve anyway? Spending a ton of money on an entirely new system just to get better SETI scores seems kind of wastefull and unecessary...:scratchhead: I mean your current setup is a pretty damn nice computer from what I recall, if not completely bleeding edge.

As for CPU's the most noticeable step up from your current CPU would be the 4400+ or 4800+ Dual Core CPU's with 1MB Cache at ~$600/$950CA respectively. The 3700+ with it's 1MB Cache would be a bit of a step up at around $300 but IMO you're better off sticking with your 3200+ until the dual cores come further down in price.

[Trevor Schell]

Jason,,It's just an uncontrollable passion to upgrade my PC.
I like to maximize my speed to it's fullest potential,
by replacing some parts before it get's to the point of a complete overhaul.
My bottleneck right now is the AGP card..The ASUS MB I bought
is the only one that will support the X2 chip with AGP graphics.
Everything else is PCI express.
So, with that said this would be my last upgrade with this PC
before having to overhaul the box..Plus 2 years have passed now
since my last upgrade!

It comes down to the fact ,it's what I like to do!
Boost the Juice! :yesnod:

[aud19]

Isn't your existing mobo socket 939 though?

[Trevor Schell]

Yes Jason,,Except it doesn't support Athlon 64 or X2..
Only XP.

[aud19]

Are you sure it's not socket A then?

[Trevor Schell]

:yesnod:

[dyazdani]

I'm in the same boat... I don't plan to upgrade until I can change out the whole shebang - PCI-E / SLI, new mobo, and CPU.

You guys seen the QUAD SLI yet??? Crazy.

[Chris D]

Yeah, I saw the Dell Quad SLI. Impressive.

I'm thinking if I can hold off until next year to build my next one, I might be able to do PCI-E, dual-core processors, and the new Windows OS. (which I hear is 64 bit) dual graphics cards would be a plus, although I still don't think it would be necessary for me.

[aud19]

SLI or Quad SLI is a waste of money IMO unless you have an unlimited budget...and even then it's overkill for 99.9999% of the population.

[Chris D]

From what I understand, Jason, isn't that true of dual-core processors and even single 512 MB video cards right now?

[aud19]

Well my point about SLI is that if you have a given budget for a video card(S), say $500, and you have the choice between one $500 video card or two $225 cards and another $50 or so towards the more expensive mother board etc, IMO you'd be better off with the one $500 card.

Dual core processors are useful for anyone who does more than one thing on their PC and as more and more software becomes built around that concept, will be even more useful.

512 video cards are for gamers, there are games now and in the future that do require that much "oomph" for hardcore folks running intense games at high-res/high textures. Are they the same people SLI is for? Sure, but I still say, unless they have an unlimited budget, one expensive card will perform better than two cheaper cards with less hassle in upgrading etc as well.

[Chris D]

Cool, thnx, helps me understand!