UPDATED BENCHMARK (ITS FASTER I PROMISE)

[neoVisual]

We use 2 of these dual dual boxes only as a renderstations, so I cannot say if it is stable for ordinary work with 3D and OpenGL. But for rendering it works very well. It is rendering almost 24/7 without some noticeable artifacts.
CPU temperatures are around 56-58 degrees of Celsius after some hours of full load in 2250MHz.

[deflix]

I am also interested by the opteron times -- does anyone have a new dual core xeon system, as the review here (http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=822&page=9) seems to suggest its even quicker: 40% quicker infact?....!?

[armilla]

It's worth noting that the Opterons in that Hexus review are only single core versions, which would explain why the dual core Xeons are so much faster.

[dlparisi]

It's worth noting that the Opterons in that Hexus review are only single core versions, which would explain why the dual core Xeons are so much faster.

I think the Xeon was single core as well.

[DaForce]

yep.. both single core cpus... although i have never liked hexus for reviews.. try to find something elsewhere.

[armilla]

Ah, sorry for the confusion, I only skimmed through the review. I was going by what deflix had said about them being dual core xeons. I too would be interested though if anyone has any dual core xeons to benchmark.

The count down is on for me at the mo, as I should take delivery of my shiny new x2 4800 machine at the end of this week. Looking forward to trying the benchmark test!

[deflix]

.. was tired

Still interesting on a pound for pound basis. Does it mean that the Xeon DC will be faster still, or will the Opteron reign supreme. Can the benchmark go to 2 minutes?...............

I've done a quick tot up of two opteron 265's, an MSi MOBO, and 2gig of twinX RAm for £737.84 +VAT -


some reviews...

http://sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=667&pid=2549
and another review here - http://www.techreport.com/reviews/20...5/index.x?pg=7

[DanielBrew]

There's a dual dual core Xeon on page 11 of this thread, posted by Erik N. I think it was a 2.8 Ghz, rendered the benchmark slightly slower than a Opteron 265.

Dan

[neoVisual]

Yes, Dual Core Xeon render times are ridiculous - when you compare them as absolutely fastest and most expensive platform that can Intel deliver. Not to mention "power plant required" power consumption, cooling requirements and price.

And you can see that fastest Intel Dualcore Xeon goes 2.8GHz instead of previous single core version that clocked 3.6GHz - it is really big loss of power in single threaded application. It is true to say that those Xeons in Vray really shine due to multi multi CPU optimized bucket data processing. But when you see Xeon - Opteron comparation in ordinary applications, you must laugh.

neoVISUAL

[yeohyip]

Does the opteron 265 need ECC registered RAM? That is the only thing stopping me at the moment. I'm about ready to give up on intel as well.

If I could just stick in my current pc-3200, I'd go out and buy two 265s and a mobo... like right now.

[vergefio]

@yeohyip

nope, dual amd boards needs only registered ram

[dlparisi]

Can you buy Registered but non-ECC ram modules?? All I can find are ECC-Registered, I'm not sure they exist.

[neoVisual]

Well, you will need ECC registered memory with Dual Opterons or Xeons this time. Current dual boards follow common server requirements.

neoVISUAL

[TRGraphics]

Well, I ordered the parts for a new dual 265 sytem last night at Monarch.

Asus K8N-DL motherboard
4 gig - TWINX2048RE-3200 corsair pc-3200 Reg ECC memory
Western Digital 74 GB SATA 10k Raptor
Antec TP2-550EPS ATX 2.01/EPS/SSI 550WATT power supply
WIN XP 64
2 - AMD Opteron 265 Dual Core 1.8ghz 1MB (per core)64/32 Bit (940)
Already have a video card.

I can't wait to fire that puppy up!!!! The best part is that I'm not having to pay for it. I still work from my home, but I work for a company thats three hours away.

[dlparisi]

Well, I ordered the parts for a new dual 265 sytem last night at Monarch.

Asus K8N-DL motherboard

I'm curious about the case your sticking this in. The K8N-DL is listed as an extended ATX board but is very close to a standard ATX size. ANyone know for sure if it fits in standard ATX case?

Let us know how it works out for you. Looking forward to your benchmark times...