There has been some discussion about Dual Core CPU's on the hepix list. See the archives here http://listserv.fnal.gov/archives/hepix-hepnt.html Cheers Pete ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Gronbech Unix Systems Manager and Tel No. : 01865 273389 SouthGrid Technical Co-ordinator Fax No. : 01865 273418 Department of Particle Physics, University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK E-mail : [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Thorn Sent: 19 January 2006 09:41 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Dual-Core Opteron experience Has anyone on the list had any direct experience of these? More specifically, I'm interested in performance and power consumption verses their single-cored cousins. cheers Steve _________________________ Dr Steve Thorn Systems Administrator National e-Science Centre 15 South College Street Edinburgh EH8 9AA United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)131 650 9815