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New Dual Opteron system is up and running !! Please ask me for benchmarks.

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OK, I updated the bios, and reseated the memory. Then I accidently put in another version of memtest, and it passed. Not sure if due to bios, reseat, or program. Question what is the difference between memtest+ 1.15 and memtest 3.1a ? They both look the same. the 3.1a failed (haven't tried again yet), but the 1.15 version passed this time.
 
If the memory voltage is adjustable, bump it a little. 2.6 to 2.7 volts is what I run PC3200 at.
 
go to www.povray.org, get the source code, compile a 32-bit binary and a 64-bit binary, follow the benchmarking instruction included in the package, and report back to us.
 
Older versions of Memtest do not have support for newer chipsets so it is quite possible that the old version may not produce an error.

You should *never* see errata! Never! Especially in a system of this calibre.

Try testing with 1GB to isolate which module is errant.

Also observe if your memory speed (third number) in MTx86 is much lower in SC mode vs. DC.

Cheers!
 
A bit late to this, but...
A Gentoo stage 1 on my 2500+ from startup to X to GNOME took about a day, give or take (Finals to take, etc., etc.). The great thing about it compiling on my system is I get to set all optimizations for gcc to use. Red Hat felt klunky to me. Gentoo is smooth, like a big stick of buttah.
That aside, nice box man! Any 3d scores yet?
 
Originally posted by: HappyCracker
A bit late to this, but...
A Gentoo stage 1 on my 2500+ from startup to X to GNOME took about a day, give or take (Finals to take, etc., etc.). The great thing about it compiling on my system is I get to set all optimizations for gcc to use. Red Hat felt klunky to me. Gentoo is smooth, like a big stick of buttah.
That aside, nice box man! Any 3d scores yet?
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OK, I reformatted again, after updating the bios, and all the drivers are the latest except the motherboard.
9979 in 3dmark03. Others to come.....
And superpi was 40 seconds for 1m positions. I don't think it smp aware. now to retry cosi and sandra....
 
Yes, doing a stage1 install of Gentoo would be an EXCELLENT way of benchmarking it.

As for that nothing runs on linux, i'm GLAD Windows software like MS Office doesn't! 🙂 I like OpenOffice much better anyways. Games do run on linux too 😛 like Enemy Territory, UT2004, other UT games, Tribes 2, Q3A, etc. Lets not talk about that though.

Seriously, if you could go to www.gentoo.org, read the install docs, and seriously do that, I would love to hear how fast it compiles all that sourcecode. Either that or you could build XFree86 from source from a stage3 install (prebuilt), because building XFree86 takes what, 4-6 hrs on most of today's systems? 😛
 
Originally posted by: Markfw900
Originally posted by: HappyCracker
A bit late to this, but...
A Gentoo stage 1 on my 2500+ from startup to X to GNOME took about a day, give or take (Finals to take, etc., etc.). The great thing about it compiling on my system is I get to set all optimizations for gcc to use. Red Hat felt klunky to me. Gentoo is smooth, like a big stick of buttah.
That aside, nice box man! Any 3d scores yet?
Click to expand...

OK, I reformatted again, after updating the bios, and all the drivers are the latest except the motherboard.
9979 in 3dmark03. Others to come.....
And superpi was 40 seconds for 1m positions. I don't think it smp aware. now to retry cosi and sandra....
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so your errors are gone? and PICS!!!
 
A little off the topic of benches
but doesn't RAID 5 make more sense...
Unless you have some other way to backup...

Josh
 
Originally posted by: Ardan
Yes, doing a stage1 install of Gentoo would be an EXCELLENT way of benchmarking it.

As for that nothing runs on linux, i'm GLAD Windows software like MS Office doesn't! 🙂 I like OpenOffice much better anyways. Games do run on linux too 😛 like Enemy Territory, UT2004, other UT games, Tribes 2, Q3A, etc. Lets not talk about that though.

Seriously, if you could go to www.gentoo.org, read the install docs, and seriously do that, I would love to hear how fast it compiles all that sourcecode. Either that or you could build XFree86 from source from a stage3 install (prebuilt), because building XFree86 takes what, 4-6 hrs on most of today's systems? 😛
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except that compiling doesn't really utilize the processors' fpus.
 
Originally posted by: krackato
Magic Bullet. It's a plugin for After Effects. It takes FOREVER. I'd love to see what a dual Opteron system could do with it. I have an old post about it here:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=28&threadid=1147625&arctab=arc&highlight_key=y&keyword1=magic
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I was going to install and try out this benchmark, but it stated that you needed Adobe Aftereffects, and the link to the download in your old post is bad. Is Aftereffects a free download, or is this a program you must purchase?
 
Originally posted by: jhu
except that compiling doesn't really utilize the processors' fpus.
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I know this and I'm not concerned about the processors. I'm looking at his system, as a whole. Dual Opterons are fast, period. You don't need to do something specific to figure that one out 😛. I would do that to compare to other systems to see how much faster it is overall than other systems.
 
Originally posted by: SocrPlyr
A little off the topic of benches
but doesn't RAID 5 make more sense...
Unless you have some other way to backup...

Josh
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First, yes I have a DLT7000 35/70. But I don;t care anyway, as the only thing on that partition is Windows XP (not my primary boot) and GAMES that I can re-install. Right now I am running folding@home on two instances taking 100% of this dual 248 Opteron rig. Maybe I will rise in the ranks tomorrow....
 
Originally posted by: magomago
Originally posted by: Markfw900
Originally posted by: HappyCracker
A bit late to this, but...
A Gentoo stage 1 on my 2500+ from startup to X to GNOME took about a day, give or take (Finals to take, etc., etc.). The great thing about it compiling on my system is I get to set all optimizations for gcc to use. Red Hat felt klunky to me. Gentoo is smooth, like a big stick of buttah.
That aside, nice box man! Any 3d scores yet?
Click to expand...

OK, I reformatted again, after updating the bios, and all the drivers are the latest except the motherboard.
9979 in 3dmark03. Others to come.....
And superpi was 40 seconds for 1m positions. I don't think it smp aware. now to retry cosi and sandra....
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so your errors are gone? and PICS!!!
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OK, pics. Outside :
Opteron_outside.jpg
Inside:
Opteron_inside.jpg
 
Originally posted by: MichaelD
Gentoo is a "flavor" of Linux. There's SUSE, Redhat and about a zillion others.

That's about all I know about it, which brings me to this question:

EVERMAN,
What is special about installing Gentoo Stage 1 as opposed to say, a full install of Windows XP Pro?

I do know that Linux will take much better advantage of the Enterprise-class hardware in Marks' rig than Windows will. 🙁 Problem is that nothing runs on Linux....Like MS Office...or games!

Damn, sorry....not tyring to hijack Mark's thread. 🙁 My bad.

Still curious as to what's special about Gentoo.
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Gentoo compiles all software from source during the install. So instead of using prebuilt binaries like most other OS's, you build everything from your computer. For example, installing KDE from scratch on my 3200+ Athlon XP took over 24 hours if I remember correctly.

Linux does have some compatable Office apps that always worked fine for me, such as Open Office or Star Office.

But yeah, games are a pain 🙁.
 
You forget that you don't have to compile everything from source for gentoo. For instance, I use a stage3 install for the Athlon XP because, well, I don't see any performance difference between a stage1 and stage3 install and yes, i've done a stage1 install. Then you copy over the prebuilt packages and there you are.

As far as what is special about gentoo, well you don't HAVE to build programs from source, for one thing. I'd say that what is special about gentoo is that it is highly optimized, making it ideal for a big P4 or Athlon XP/64 system because of its performance. The other thing that makes it special is its bsd-like ports system called portage, if you want to know what is so special about it. Its also really easy to customize it to exactly what you want (especially with kernels) as well. Just look at this to see what I mean 😉
 
Originally posted by: oupei
Originally posted by: Markfw900

OK, pics. Outside :
Opteron_outside.jpg
Inside:
Opteron_inside.jpg
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ok, I'm confused by that second pic. PSU at bottom right, mobo at top right, optical drives at top left, this can't possibly by ATX... so what is it😕
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It's LianLi's new take on the ATX standard. It IS an ATX case, but it's not a "strict ATX" case. 😕 😀

Got it?


LianLi "compartmentalized" the case to allow for better cooling. That is one gorgeous, EXPENSIVE case.

MARK,
Glad to see things are working out. They are for me too. 😉 Today is better than yesterday...a lot better.
 
OK, to those that want to see a Gentoo compiled Install, you have my attention. I am downloading amd64-universal-2004.1.iso and I will try to install it. I have the amd64 handbook page but it still seems a little greek to me.

Stay tuned......
 
If you have questions, feel free to post them in OS. There are a number of gentoo users there. The gentoo forums are also supposed to be pretty good. Never used it myself though. 😛
 
Hehe, I noticed the "high-end" keyboard...

I'm still using my 8 year old I IBM keyboard on my desktop. It's by far the oldest component on my computer... 🙂
 
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