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VirtPanel
August 12th, 2007, 20:05
ok im having trouble on deciding which server to go for which is better:

a Dual Xeon Prestonia 2.8Ghz or a Quad Core Kentsfield 6600?

thanks in advanced.
Decker
August 12th, 2007, 20:27
What's the rest of the spec, the CPU is only one part of it, bus speed on the MB is a huge part as that's the part that transfers the info once processed back and forth, HDD latency and delivery - again the same thing.
I've not forgotten memory or OS either.

Either of those with a well assembled system will perform - but for what apps?
VirtPanel
August 12th, 2007, 20:29
2GB RAM, 160GB Hard Drive and is for TCAdmin (Game Hosting)
Decker
August 12th, 2007, 20:31
What's the rest of it?

Are you getting it at the same price?
VirtPanel
August 12th, 2007, 20:33
hmm that dont show anymore information onl that the Dual Xeon Prestonia 2.8GHZ, 2GB RAM, 80GB Hard Drive, Windows, TCAdmin and then the Quad Core Kentsfield 6600, 2GB RAM, 160GB HD, Windows, TCAdmin :S
Decker
August 12th, 2007, 20:35
How many users at one time?
VirtPanel
August 12th, 2007, 20:38
as much as the server can handle i guess. because gameservers are being hosted on it.
Decker
August 12th, 2007, 20:40
Go for the XEON and a couple of Gb extra RAM, on thinking XEONS are workhorses not toys so should work out better all round.
VirtPanel
August 12th, 2007, 20:41
ok so you reckon Dual Xeon Prestonia 2.8Ghz with 4GB RAM will do well?
Decker
August 12th, 2007, 20:41
Good bum kicker :)
VirtPanel
August 12th, 2007, 20:43
thanks for all your help decker :D cant wait to see how the machines runs :D.
Decker
August 12th, 2007, 20:57
No probs, just don't get frag'd silly after it :)
LSComputers
August 12th, 2007, 21:49
What is the transfer for each?

With gameservers transfer is the biggest issue. As you need to insure cpu/ram and transfer is fairly shared for each server.

The P4's may be better off with TCadmin as you can get smaller server for the server files, and then the P4's for the servers which works very well.
serverorigin
August 14th, 2007, 01:02
I'd honestly recommend to ditch them both and go with a Dual Processor Dual Core Opteron if it will be a game server. :-)
RadixHosting
August 30th, 2007, 18:32
I'd honestly recommend to ditch them both and go with a Dual Processor Dual Core Opteron if it will be a game server. :-)

Why Opteron for game servers?
Calinax
August 31st, 2007, 02:16
Well, Opteron's architecture is better than Xeon all the way. I'd have been working better with Opteron than Xeon.