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Old August 12th, 2008, 11:28 AM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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What's faster? 1200mz P3 or three 500mz Xeons?
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Old August 12th, 2008, 03:12 PM     #2 (permalink)
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For the vast majority of applications, the P3 is the winner. Unless an application is coded for SMP, there is no advantage to multiple CPUs. Even if it is, 3x500MHz does not "equal" 1500MHz.
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