Server strength

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I have come to applaud NuclearFallout on the choice of servers. NFo unlike other companies know the servers that run the best with games. Anyone who does not understand micro-technology would assume that Intel creates the most efficient processors and best servers therein. But, "what people don't know, won't hurt," as Adam Sandler says best in WaterBoy (with a little revision). Intel Xeon servers (the most common servers out there) do not perform up to the standards of AMD Opterons do. Here are an array of websites you can read up on to show the power of AMD Opterons against Intel Xeons:

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20040927/ - Tom's Hardware Guide Processors: AMD's Opteron 250 vs. Intel's Xeon 3.6 GHz in a Workstation Duel of the Elite - AMD Is Winning

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=10797 - Xeon vs Opteron: Memories of the cache battle?

http://www.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.html?i=1982 - AnandTech: AMD Opteron vs. Intel Xeon: Database Performance Shootout

http://www.anandtech.com/linux/showdoc.aspx?i=2163 - AnandTech: Linux Shootout: Opteron 150 vs. Xeon 3.6 Nocona

If that isn't enough for you:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Xe ... gle+Search - Xeon vs. Opteron - Google Search

Happy Holidays!

-Sleeper