P4 2.53 vs DUAL PIII 1GHz

[grimedog]

I have a question. Which machine spec will perform best in a server situation running;

Windows 2000 Server w/ Active Directory
Navision Financial Server (Accouting System w/ Proprietary DB)

The P4 will run on an ASUS 845PE w/ a Promise Raid Controller. How does that work since it is not DUAL Channel DDR? Do I need to get 1 1GB DDR if I need 1 GIG of memory?

Otherwise the PIII will be ran on a GIGABYTE w/ onboard RAID, etc using 1GB SDRAM.

Please let me know if the overall performance will be close or not, or if one of the 2 PC's would be a clear cut choice here.

THANKS!!!

 

[Ionizer86]

Probably the P4. Usually, adding a 2nd CPU gives the pc a boost, but not on everything. And the boost is rarely 2x or even close unless the application is designed just for two cpu usage.

 

[grimedog]

ok.

what about the memory issue since this is an 845 board and not 875. How should I handle the memory issue? I need 1 GB of RAM minimum...

 

[MDE]

Just get two sticks of 512 and you'll be fine.

 

[Hardtarget]

... what memery issue?
as was said grab two sticks of 512 and you're set

 

[ssanches]

Go for the P4 2.53. The SMP performance of dual PIIIs doesn't scale very well with multiple processors under the AGTL+ bus. Also since the Asus board has the Promise RAID controller, you may go in for a cheap IDE RAID setup. You'll definitely get much better performance for the Accounting databases that you run.

 

[dshodson]

id go for the one cpu for many reasons:

better performance
likely less heat from one cpu then 2
less noise from the extra fan with 2 cpus
easier to upgrade one cpu then 2

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