Re: [Xen-users] Finally cracked the mystery of motherboards with

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Subject:	Re: [Xen-users] Finally cracked the mystery of motherboards with Vt-d support
From:	Claudiu Curcă <alexstrasza2@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Fri, 20 May 2011 14:08:37 +0300
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2011/5/20 "Mgr. Šimon Tóth" <toth@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Well, desktop boards will always be inferior in terms of performance
>> and features, compared to server boards, so it's not something
>> surprising that only a handful of them support this tech. Desktop
>> boards have low-cost as target rather than features for the
>> enthusiastic power user. That's why I suggested it, because I'm using
>> it in my own desktop computer.
>
> The problem is that Xeons are totally useless on workstations. Core i7
> processors have ton more features and are much more suited for this
> environment.
>

Sorry, but that's just FUD... Recent Xeons and i7s are quite close in
terms of performance. The only major differences is that Xeons have 2
QPI buses in order to accomodate dual-processor setups and have ECC
support, while the only place where i7 really shines compared to Xeon
is TurboBoost, especially when activated on all 4 cores.

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

However, I can understand that the price difference might be a
definitive factor in your choice... as ECC ram and the CPUs themselves
are quite pricey.

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