Recent content by bdobz

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    Single Threaded FP Benchmarks Still Matter in the Real World.

    I would bet that the Core 2 systems would beat Barcelona in these types of calculations... but if you could clarify your statement about requiring 100 million iterations to converge, and doing so (converging) in about 4 minutes, that would help. Is it four minutes PER iteration, or four minutes...
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    AT Barcelona previews are up

    I'm not sure I'd say it's a huge disappointment - on the one hand, even if they were equal across the board, having competition results in a win for the consumer because of price wars. Secondly, the area I'm mostly concerned with is FP-heavy HPC codes, and here it looks like the Barcelona...
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    What's needed to drive a 2407WFP?

    I've read these forums for ages but never posted - and these days my hardware is a bit dated, so any advice would be absolutely fantastic. :) I just ordered a nice new 2407WFP from Dell to replace a very old 17" CRT that's connected, currently, to a laptop that is on the fritz (intentionally...