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goobee
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 Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:44 pm Post subject: Attention Polo |
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Do you know anything about this "bigadv" Linux bonus?
http://foldingforum.org/viewforum.php?f=55
Looks like you need to run Linux or VM in Windows.
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Polo
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My core I7 is doing OGR at the moment. And the Core2Quad aren't sufficient to crunch these WUs. I'll perhaps have a look at it later. 
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goobee
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Looks pretty interesting. I've been thinking about selling my Xeons because they are not very energy efficient. The i7 860 is probably what I'll get. Quad Core + hyper threading so it's almost 8 cores. 
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vato
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| Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:20 am Post subject: |
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| i7 860 looks sweet if you can get it and the mobo for a good price - for some DC loads, you get ~6.5 cores equiv - which is pretty good as far as i'm concerned - runs hotter when you turn on the HT though (not surprising - it's doing a lot more work!) |
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goobee
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Probably not hotter than my current 8-core Xeons box. 
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goobee
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Well, I put my Xeons on ebay. Let's see if I get any nibbles.
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