AMD or Intel?

[topcrawler]

hi all,
what would you use for a high-end Ded. Server... intel or Pentium processor?

thanks

[ats-tech]

Pentium is intel ;)

This is an age old question of which I'm sure you'll find no difinitive answer. It usually comes down to personal preference.

[markblair]

This is an age old question of which I'm sure you'll find no difinitive answer. It usually comes down to personal preference. I completely agree. I personally would choose AMD but again, that's my preference. Intel isn't bad either (obviously). I just feel that AMD is more than capable of handling everything and I like to put my money into their product more than into Intel's. :)

[topcrawler]

ok thanks,
i think i will go for a dual xenon as it is to a search engine...

[omaha.stylee]

imo ....

opteron > xeon

[trying2escape]

I have used AMD processors before in home machines and dedicated servers but to be honest I prefer the Intel Pentium & Xeon processors. TO tell you the truth I don't know why! :homer:

[rasputinj]

There is a great article out there that shows the opteron vs. Xeon, I believe it is at Anand or Tom's Hardware. The Opteron held its own and blew away the Xeon on Memory Bandwidth, Apache, and MySql tests. Pretty sweet for a 2.4ghz AMD vs. a 3.4ghz Xeon.

I know Rus at VPSColo has been really happy with Dually opteron servers performance vs. the Xeon.