- May 23, 2003
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We are putting together a dual Xeon server at my buisness (the Xeons were free - so we are definitely using them). I was looking at Tyan's selection of dual Xeon server motherboards, and I ran into a question I can't seem to adiquately answer.
I've looked mainly at 2 chipsets - i7501 and i7505. The i7505 ones claim dual channel memory, whereas the 7501 doesn't. The i7501 variants all have onboard video though, which is a big plus in their favor, where the i7505s have AGP slots.
The dual channel thing is the only thing that really makes me wonder here. Does it perform significantly better because of the dual channel? Since there will be 2 CPUs I want to make sure I get the best performance out of this I can get. I also wondered if the i7501 supported Hypterthreading. I don't really see it mentioned in either one, but I'd assume I'd rather have it enabled for both processors if I can (yes the Xeons I have do have hyperthreading - 2.8 512Cache 533 variety)
Suggestions are very welcome.
I've looked mainly at 2 chipsets - i7501 and i7505. The i7505 ones claim dual channel memory, whereas the 7501 doesn't. The i7501 variants all have onboard video though, which is a big plus in their favor, where the i7505s have AGP slots.
The dual channel thing is the only thing that really makes me wonder here. Does it perform significantly better because of the dual channel? Since there will be 2 CPUs I want to make sure I get the best performance out of this I can get. I also wondered if the i7501 supported Hypterthreading. I don't really see it mentioned in either one, but I'd assume I'd rather have it enabled for both processors if I can (yes the Xeons I have do have hyperthreading - 2.8 512Cache 533 variety)
Suggestions are very welcome.