Where's Woodcrest?

I was hoping to see some kick ass benches today. WTF?

They have had the chips for months and I assumed that - as usual - the benchmarks would be released as the NDA was up. It happened with every other chip.


I mean I haven't even seen a comprehensive story except one on tom's. I visited HPs site hopingot see hte 13 new 51xx models they are introing but no sign of them.


It's just strange. Maybe it's Karma for what happened at Opteron's launch.

What happened at the Opteron launch? Paper launch?

intel convinced everyone to blow it off. No one showed up with systems.

from what i'm seeing there, Woodcrest is a WORKSTATION not a server. Apache is the only measure of a server nowadays. Sharikou is right about that.

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/ [...] 21586.html

HP servers with woodcrest available from today 26 june.
I work with workstations and don't know about servers, I use it as rendernodes and backups.

usually Intel boxes get front page coverage. I searched for a mintue and couldn't find it. That's usually what happens with AMD.

Not to be a downer, but assuming linear scaling, the 3.0Ghz Woodcrest chip will beat the 2.6Ghz Opteron in Apache. Considering that Apache is something that doesn't really scale in a completely orderly fashion, it's hard to say whether it will beat it or not, but still. It's a bit early to say that the Opteron beats Woodcrest.

The 2.33Ghz Woodcrest has a 84% of the 2.6Ghz Opteron performance. The 2.33Ghz Woodcrest is only 76% of the clock of the top of the line chip (the 3Ghz). That means that in a perfect world, the top of the line Woodcrest would have 8% higher performance. It is also cheaper than the top of the line Opteron.

While it is too early to say since that is just extrapolation, you can't say that Woodcrest has already lost the Apache bench. In fact, everything would indicate that it is in fact going to beat the Opteron, at a slightly lower price point to boot.

Not to be a downer, but assuming linear scaling, the 3.0Ghz Woodcrest chip will beat the 2.6Ghz Opteron in Apache. Considering that Apache is something that doesn't really scale in a completely orderly fashion, it's hard to say whether it will beat it or not, but still. It's a bit early to say that the Opteron beats Woodcrest.

The 2.33Ghz Woodcrest has a 84% of the 2.6Ghz Opteron performance. The 2.33Ghz Woodcrest is only 76% of the clock of the top of the line chip (the 3Ghz). That means that in a perfect world, the top of the line Woodcrest would have 8% higher performance. It is also cheaper than the top of the line Opteron.

While it is too early to say since that is just extrapolation, you can't say that Woodcrest has already lost the Apache bench. In fact, everything would indicate that it is in fact going to beat the Opteron, at a slightly lower price point to boot.

No one will admit it yet but I know the Apache benchmark was changed after the reaming of Paxville. (the units anyway)

But i digress, Socket F intros 2.8 and 3.0GHz. there is actually a 2.8 940 but think sun got them all. I also think that the added bandwidth of 667 will be better for server apps than for desktop. 533 FBDIMMs may not cut it.

I'm at work and gave up after HP. they usually promote the hell out of Intel.

Are you actually searching or just trolling? Here's a link about Woodcrest-based HP servers.

No it's not. Since GamePC used the built-in Apache benchmarking utility, then its very un-realworld since all its doing is requesting a single, static webpage repeatedly. No dynamic content, no database queries.

Anandtech had a more realistic test, involving Apache, PHP and MySQL.

http://www.anandtech.com/IT/showdo [...] i=2772&p=6

fellate me knave.

Moo.
Unix Is The Server Bench!

I've mentioned this before, but while the added bandwidth of DDR2 is nice, I'm thinking the added latency of registered DDR2 667 with 5-5-5 timings will hinder overall performance of Socket F in the end. It should be noted that Woodcrest can use up to DDR2 667 FB-DIMMs not just DDR2 553s. THG is doing a Woodcrest review too (on an older stepping 4 ES though), but they seem to be taking an extra day to ponder the wording before they release it. They only used DDR2 533 FB-DIMMs though GamePC did use DDR2 667.

http://www.digit-life.com/articles [...] 3-ghz.html

Digit-Life did run Apache and the E6700 did very well against the FX62, but that's not exactly Woodcrest. Perhaps the immaturity of the Bensley platform is why Woodcrest doesn't seem to due so well although they weren't really that far behind. I'd want to see the results of the full Woodcrest product range though since GamePC only did the mid range models.

Which job are you at right now?

Market Analyst,
Hardware Design,
Software Design,
Space Cadet?

or D "alll of the above"?

Still just curious?

Err... no he wont... even if he wanted to, he couldnt because you have no ballz.

I've mentioned this before, but while the added bandwidth of DDR2 is nice, I'm thinking the added latency of registered DDR2 667 with 5-5-5 timings will hinder overall performance of Socket F in the end. It should be noted that Woodcrest can use up to DDR2 667 FB-DIMMs not just DDR2 553s. THG is doing a Woodcrest review too (on an older stepping 4 ES though), but they seem to be taking an extra day to ponder the wording before they release it. They only used DDR2 533 FB-DIMMs though GamePC did use DDR2 667.

http://www.digit-life.com/articles [...] 3-ghz.html

Digit-Life did run Apache and the E6700 did very well against the FX62, but that's not exactly Woodcrest. Perhaps the immaturity of the Bensley platform is why Woodcrest doesn't seem to due so well although they weren't really that far behind. I'd want to see the results of the full Woodcrest product range though since GamePC only did the mid range models.

There's CAS3 667 now.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820146093


And it's hte same price as a good DDR kit. By the time socket F debuts it will be even cheaper. I would also bet that mobos support 800/1066, just like they did for AM2.

Wrong... only if you want to run a web server, for other more general workloads TPM-C is a better fit....


Whew. It's a good thing there's only 17 million Websites in the world, someone may actuallly need these AMD chips.

They wont, they are aimed at different ends of the market, no competeion that way.

If he would stop making rubbish posts, Id have done something constructive.

A little advice: dont let others dictate your actions.

Woodcrest is hiding in the wood. Shakira and the HORDE are looking after him to destroy it with the true benchmarks Shakira has made.

Lmao. She doesn't like getting poked in the back?