[dba-Tech] I have a quad core

Got to love the name of it anyway....Phenom!

Looking forward to seeing your improved performance observations.

GK

On 11/28/07, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
> I just updated my 2 year old Asus M2NA32 Deluxe AMD motherboard from a 2.0
> GHz dual core to a 2.2 GHz quad core.  I now have two virtually identical
> servers, one with a dual core and one with a quad core.  It is interesting
> to note that the dual core says the 2.0 GHz is a "3800+", i.e. a 3.8 GHz
> machine.  The quad core does not make any such approximation.  It simply
> says that it has a Phenom processor running at 2.21 GHz.
>
> The upgrade was pretty easy.  I had to find and update the motherboard bios
> to the latest rev, the description for which simply said "upgrade for new
> processor" or something similar without specifically saying Phenom ready.
> Anyway, I then removed and replaced the dual core with a quad core and I was
> done.  It is common knowledge that the Phenom is not equivalent to the Intel
> quad but it is an available update for those of us who try to support the
> competition and it at least is a drop in upgrade to an existing system.  I
> will be doing some a/b comparisons running SQL Server which should be able
> to take advantage of the extra cores.  I'll post results as I get them.
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
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