P4 Xeon 1.7.. is it worth it?

[gmask]

Anybody using Dual Xeon P4 1.7's?

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[3d-maya]

Not from what i heard, the new normal P4s are meant to be faster than Xeons. I thought that Inhell was going to stop making the Xeon range.

This is not hard fact, just what i heard on the grape vine

nemeTim.

[gmask]

Hmmm... well over at (http://www.maya-testcenter.de/) Dual Xeons with a WildCat post top marks for Video display but the guy didn't post render tests.

I'm probably going to go for Dual Athlon MP's unless I can get some realworld info's.

Show me the numbers!

Thanks

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[noe]

For about the price of one dual amd I got two dual PIII-@1ghz! = 4Ghz, so I have a fast working machine and an additional render slave, which does not slow down my working machine. I think this is a better solution than spending the money to the ultimate machine.

[gmask]

I have plenty of render machines.. I need a really fast single machine. If I put the machine together it will only cost about $3K so it's not that much money. I could get a Athlon MP for around $2k .. I could get a dual PIII for even less but I tried one and they don't have the power I'm looking for in one machine.

I need as much power in a single proc as well for those things that aren't threaded in maya.

Decisions decisions!!

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[tacticalisthebest]

I have a dual P4 Xeon 1.7 system - only because work paid for it though. So far I'm pretty happy with it. It's top of the render list..

http://www.highend3d.com/tests/maya/testce...ter/database.3d

Got a 24 inch widescreen Sony too ; )

[tacticalisthebest]

One thing I will add is that this machine is far less stable than my old single PIII machine with a wildcat card. I hardly ever used to have crashes, now I have them almost daily. Not when using Maya though - it seems to be something with windows media player. Maybe the combination of P4, Fire GL2 and Media Player 7.

Also I'm getting really annoyed with the inability to pic the y axis. I should have gone for a Wildcat, or maybe even a Geforce.

[tacticalisthebest]

I've gone back to the .2047 drivers. They're slower but completely stable with video playing. And occasionally I can even select my Y axis rotation handle!

[gmask]

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I have a dual P4 Xeon 1.7 system - only because work paid for it though. So far I'm pretty happy with it. It's top of the render list..

http://www.highend3d.com/tests/maya/testce...ter/database.3d

Got a 24 inch widescreen Sony too ; )

I decided to go with the Athlon MP. I suppose it's just as risky as the P4 xeon's but it costs less.. I'm sure once they've developed the drivers further it P4's will prove to be top of the heap.

Thanks for you info's

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[piekni]

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Hmmm... well over at (http://www.maya-testcenter.de/) Dual Xeons with a WildCat post top marks for Video display but the guy didn't post render tests.

I'm probably going to go for Dual Athlon MP's unless I can get some realworld info's.

Show me the numbers!

Thanks

In their review/test of Tyan's dual Athalon board, Tom's Hardware Guide pits it against the dual P4 1.7's. Both regular and Xeons. I'm surprised that the Xeons didn't perform as well as I would've expected for their cost. Here's the link to the article, the test numbers are past the middle of it:

(http://www6.tomshardware.com/mainboard/01q2/010605/760mp-01.html)

[higginba]

Have a read of this article at anandtech..
http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1472

There are gains to be made but at what price...??

[i3d]

I just built a dual Athlon system and I couldnt be happier ,ecept with win2k ( prefer Irix). The fastest thing I had previously used was a dualR10000 octane. I knew the dual Athlon was going to be faster but holly [censored] !!! No really holly [censored]!!
The desktop runs about the same speed but I cant believe how fast it renders especialy with renderman, simple frames take 1 second. i have a large maya3 file that used to render 1 frame in 13 hours which now runs in less than 5 minuites
Everyone needs one of these things!
Drat

[sensensen]

which motherboard are you using and what chips 1.2s or 1.4? also how much mem?

In reply to:
I just built a dual Athlon system and I couldnt be happier ,ecept with win2k ( prefer Irix). The fastest thing I had previously used was a dualR10000 octane. I knew the dual Athlon was going to be faster but holly [censored] !!! No really holly [censored]!!
The desktop runs about the same speed but I cant believe how fast it renders especialy with renderman, simple frames take 1 second. i have a large maya3 file that used to render 1 frame in 13 hours which now runs in less than 5 minuites
Everyone needs one of these things!
Drat

[i3d]

I'm using the Tyan Thunder K7 w/ onboard SCSI ( 2) 1.2 Atlon MP's( dont think 1.4's are out yet) and 1024 DDR ram and an Asus GF3 for graphics. I am very happy with it so far. The only thing I would like is more accesability in the Bios. There is not much that users can change, ie cas..
I suspect it was considerably cheaper than a dual P4 Xeon and arguably faster.
So how do I overclock this thing??
Drat

[sensensen]

Great to hear...I'm waiting for the Asus A7M-D to come out it was due this month I'm not sure why it's not out yet...I think the 1.4s are due in August...the tyan boards are a bit expensive for my taste that why I'm waiting for the Asus to come out...as far as overclocking I wouldn't bother it's a waste of time and money if you're not carefull then you have stabiility issues because of the heat, Tbirds allready run so freaking high I'm sure the MPs are even highter....and ya I'm sure P4s suck ass compared to the AMDs (ATHLON RULES

l8r

[piekni]

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So how do I overclock this thing??
Drat

Tyan mobos have never been known for their ability to be overclocked. I doubt you can on that board