Recent content by stormslayer

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    benchmarking linux and XP 64 and CPU util. question

    Folks: I've got a dual boot k8we (ubuntu and xp 64); 2xopteron 252, 2x74gb raptors, 8gb ram, completely stable machine for a year. I've been looking at performance of stats apps on linux v. xp 64 on this machine, and the linux apps are faster by 20%. That was puzzling, so I looked at charts...
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    939 MB w/ more than 4 GB Ram?

    SO I'm basically stuck going for a 940 board, which if I want PCIe, means waiting on the Tyan K8we or the Iwill Dk8es. Both of these boards seem to be MIA Thanks. Footnote: I need more than 4 GB ram. Running large data sets / computational models. Not convinced I need a dualie, but it...
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    939 MB w/ more than 4 GB Ram?

    I believe this is impossible, but thought I would check. Are there any 939 mb's w/ more than 4gb ram? I've looked; it seems they all have 4 slots w/ a max rec. of 1gb ram per slot. thanks. sd
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    Why no benches

    Why no benches for the Intel MB for all the canterwood reviews? Seems odd, that you have boards not even reviewed yet, and you hae reviewed the D875pbz. The intel board is stable, seems quite fast, implements all the features of the chipset (unlike the asus), and is not suffering from many of...
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    Gah! Canterwood memory avail

    Everyone asks why I want more RAM --big datasets for econometrics and computational work. I'd really love to able to use 4 slots and have 4gb total ram. So where are these modules? For the Gigabyte, are there any 512MB singled sided modules avail? I assume from previous posters that if all...
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    Gah! Canterwood memory avail

    Folks: I am buying a new canterwood board and need lots of RAM. But, after looking at web sites (corsair, kingston, etc.) and places like pricewatch, the 1GB modules (pc3200) don't seem to be in existence. Does anyone know where one could buy them or when they'll be avail? Also: Can the...