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01-28-2008, 07:45 PM
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Intel Xeon vs. AMD Athlon X2
I have an HP workstation xw8000 as my BTV server. I was thinking of upgrading to the AMD Athlon 6400+ Black edition. How does this Athlon compare to my Xeon's? I have the dual Xeon 2.6Ghz processors, which shows up as 4 procs in windows and 2GB RAM. How would these compare with the 6400+ and 2GB RAM? Is it worth the upgrade? or is it even an upgrade? Thanks in advance!
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02-01-2008, 10:41 PM
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Re: Intel Xeon vs. AMD Athlon X2
So, this is what I did.
Asus M2N SLI Deluxe AMD 6400+ XFX 8600GT 4 GB RAM 500 GB HDD This new system is considerably faster. Guide updates that took near an hour now take around 20 minutes. Launching BTV is now 5 seconds compared to 60 seconds. Before, watching live tv on a tuner that started a recording would freeze for 5 seconds as it started recording now just flashes. I have a whole new system that rocks! I even overclocked the cpu to 3.6Ghz. So the comparison it quite substantial. Just an FYI.
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02-03-2008, 09:29 PM
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Re: Intel Xeon vs. AMD Athlon X2
I've never had guide updates take anywhere near even 15 minutes, if that, it's usually less than 5. What's your internet connection speed?
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02-07-2008, 08:04 AM
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Re: Intel Xeon vs. AMD Athlon X2
Dsl 2.5
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