WildW
Senior member
If we're on the subject of multi-processor porn, I must reminisce about my old Dual Xeon (Nocona core 3GHz - Pentium 4's basically.)
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The first dual-core Athlon 64 chips were starting to appear for £LOTS, and it was a little cheaper to build a dual Xeon system. And yes, that's a 6800 Ultra . . .ahh great days. Four threads in task manager thanks to hyperthreading, and I could run Battlefield 2 on high when it first came out.
I later bought a proper Athlon X2, and it was a good bit faster for gaming, but would grind to a halt more readily when running a bazillion applications than the dual Xeon.
Hmm, you're right, that was a lot of hard drives.
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The first dual-core Athlon 64 chips were starting to appear for £LOTS, and it was a little cheaper to build a dual Xeon system. And yes, that's a 6800 Ultra . . .ahh great days. Four threads in task manager thanks to hyperthreading, and I could run Battlefield 2 on high when it first came out.
I later bought a proper Athlon X2, and it was a good bit faster for gaming, but would grind to a halt more readily when running a bazillion applications than the dual Xeon.
Hmm, you're right, that was a lot of hard drives.