I'm possibly interested in building a dual or quad xeon PC, but I was wondering what type of performance increase I would get with one. A long time ago, I was considering building a dual processor system, and was told that each extra CPU only adds appx 40% to performance, and then the applications, operating systems, and games would have to support multiple CPUs to take advantage of it.
For the most part, I'm not looking to build it for games, but maybe for windows 2003 server or linux.
I'm guessing that XEONs are 64 bit processors as well, because they go past the 4gb memory limit (saw one on ebay with like 18gb ram)
Also, I see a lot of used motherboards on EBAY, and most of them say "VRM not included". Is this something that you have to have to make it work?
Anyway, any info is appreciated! thanks
For the most part, I'm not looking to build it for games, but maybe for windows 2003 server or linux.
I'm guessing that XEONs are 64 bit processors as well, because they go past the 4gb memory limit (saw one on ebay with like 18gb ram)
Also, I see a lot of used motherboards on EBAY, and most of them say "VRM not included". Is this something that you have to have to make it work?
Anyway, any info is appreciated! thanks