my 2 cents

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I've been looking at some benchmarks for the last few days, and my tentative conclusion is that the high-end dual Xeon systems and the high-end dual Opteron systems are very close in terms of performance, and fairly comparable in price -- though Opteron systems usually tend to be cheaper. Xeon systems are faster at some things and Opteron systems are faster at some things.

Meanwhile, Opteron sets you up for 64-bit performance for the near future, and the 64-bit version of Windows should be out by next year (and presumably, at that point, ZBrush will allow more than 4GB RAM since that is a limit imposed by the 32-bit processors).

So, when the time comes to buy a new system, until someone smarter comes along, I'm planning on going with Opteron.

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The above was supposed to be a reply to the topic entitled "Dual Xeon or Dual Opteron ??? (Moved to Community Forum)."

Guess I pressed the 'post new topic' button instead of the post 'reply button.'

I'm new. I'm not perfect. Sorry. :(

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I kind of liked the idea of you just posting an either/or opinion out of nowhere. Caught me in the right mood, I guess.

In that spirit, let me just add that I prefer walking to driving, and somewhat resent that we're expected to travel so much as individuals. The ultimate luxury for me (when I'm rich and famous) will be simply not owning a car.