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I was wondering if someone could give me an opinion (or if you have the
benchmarks ).

I'm thinking about upgrading to a new Dell Precision WorkStation 670 - Intel
Xeon processors up to 3.00GHz with 1MB L2 cache (Dual Capable) 800MHz front
side bus and Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology and dual-channel DDR2
400MHz SDRAM memory. I currently have a Dell Precision WorkStation 530 MT
with a 1.47 gigahertz Intel Xeon(Intel 860 Colusa Chipset), 8 kilobyte
primary memory cache, 256 kilobyte secondary memory cache and Rambus RDRAM
running at 400mhz.

So my question is how much of a performance difference would I see between
the old Dell 530 and a new 670 if I were to upgrade my current processor to
a PENTIUM 4 XEON 3.0GHz FCBGA 400MHz 512K CACHE???

Thanks in advance.
CES

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This depends on your use for the computer. If this is just a home
computer that you do every day tasks such as watch videos, play games,
browse the internet, etc., then you will see very little difference.
Now if you are heavy into video editing or workstation graphics
including 3D CAD, you may see a noticable difference.

To be honest, I would highly recommend waiting until the beginning of
next year if you plan on buying a new computer. Intel will be releasing
their new dual core CPU's around this time which will include all of the
64bit capabilities of this CPU and more. Prices will also have come
down on the chipset you are looking at which will just about balance out
the price.

Just some little notes, your RDRAM is going to provide you much better
performance than DDR2 RAM. The increased L2 Cache on the new CPU is
going to provide a little performance gain, but the real difference is
going to be in the Front Side Bus. Running at 800 MHz instead of 400 MHz
really opens up bandwidth that you may have been bottlenecking at
before. Good luck on your search

I recommend checking out www.2cpu.com also.

----
Nathan McNulty


CES wrote:
> I was wondering if someone could give me an opinion (or if you have the
> benchmarks ).
>
> I'm thinking about upgrading to a new Dell Precision WorkStation 670 - Intel
> Xeon processors up to 3.00GHz with 1MB L2 cache (Dual Capable) 800MHz front
> side bus and Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology and dual-channel DDR2
> 400MHz SDRAM memory. I currently have a Dell Precision WorkStation 530 MT
> with a 1.47 gigahertz Intel Xeon(Intel 860 Colusa Chipset), 8 kilobyte
> primary memory cache, 256 kilobyte secondary memory cache and Rambus RDRAM
> running at 400mhz.
>
> So my question is how much of a performance difference would I see between
> the old Dell 530 and a new 670 if I were to upgrade my current processor to
> a PENTIUM 4 XEON 3.0GHz FCBGA 400MHz 512K CACHE???
>
> Thanks in advance.
> CES
>
>

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Nathan,

Thanks for your opinion... the real issue for me would be the difference in
the Front Side Bus, I assumed as much, but it's nice to get someone else's
opinion. I also appreciate your reinforcing my opinion that I would be
better off with a RDRAM compatible motherboard. I guess I'll just build the
thing myself.
CES.

"Nathan McNulty" <nospam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:erXVD9XlEHA.2500@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> This depends on your use for the computer. If this is just a home
> computer that you do every day tasks such as watch videos, play games,
> browse the internet, etc., then you will see very little difference.
> Now if you are heavy into video editing or workstation graphics
> including 3D CAD, you may see a noticable difference.
>
> To be honest, I would highly recommend waiting until the beginning of
> next year if you plan on buying a new computer. Intel will be releasing
> their new dual core CPU's around this time which will include all of the
> 64bit capabilities of this CPU and more. Prices will also have come
> down on the chipset you are looking at which will just about balance out
> the price.
>
> Just some little notes, your RDRAM is going to provide you much better
> performance than DDR2 RAM. The increased L2 Cache on the new CPU is
> going to provide a little performance gain, but the real difference is
> going to be in the Front Side Bus. Running at 800 MHz instead of 400 MHz
> really opens up bandwidth that you may have been bottlenecking at
> before. Good luck on your search
>
> I recommend checking out www.2cpu.com also.
>
> ----
> Nathan McNulty
>
>
> CES wrote:
> > I was wondering if someone could give me an opinion (or if you have the
> > benchmarks ).
> >
> > I'm thinking about upgrading to a new Dell Precision WorkStation 670 -
Intel
> > Xeon processors up to 3.00GHz with 1MB L2 cache (Dual Capable) 800MHz
front
> > side bus and Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology and dual-channel DDR2
> > 400MHz SDRAM memory. I currently have a Dell Precision WorkStation 530
MT
> > with a 1.47 gigahertz Intel Xeon(Intel 860 Colusa Chipset), 8 kilobyte
> > primary memory cache, 256 kilobyte secondary memory cache and Rambus
RDRAM
> > running at 400mhz.
> >
> > So my question is how much of a performance difference would I see
between
> > the old Dell 530 and a new 670 if I were to upgrade my current processor
to
> > a PENTIUM 4 XEON 3.0GHz FCBGA 400MHz 512K CACHE???
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > CES
> >
> >