I am considering buying either a single
Xeon 800 MHz or dual PIII 800 MHz configuration for my workstation.
Pricing is very similar, but which one would give better performance?
According to Intel's
latest workstation benchmark comparisons, a dual Pentium-III
configuration can provide up to an 80% increase in performance over a
single Pentium or a similarly-clocked Xeon.
Your decision should be easy if pricing is similar.
A single Xeon system would be preferable only to provide additional
error-correction & integrity checks for mission-critical computing. A
Xeon configuration would also provide more processor expansion capability,
if scalability is your focus.
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