Nice machine man 
But I am afraid even for what you use it usually, programming a GPU might be faster (but, depending on your memory requirements, you might want to take a look at a nVidia Titan or an equivalent AMD card).
One other note:
You might want to compare that performance to linux. When I use x264 for encoding on my Xeon the performance gain is close to 10%
But I am afraid even for what you use it usually, programming a GPU might be faster (but, depending on your memory requirements, you might want to take a look at a nVidia Titan or an equivalent AMD card).
One other note:
You might want to compare that performance to linux. When I use x264 for encoding on my Xeon the performance gain is close to 10%
Actually I was trying to sell that rig for the good part of May, and I didn't manage to get a buyer at a price I consider normal for a computer of this magnitude. To be fair, it really is a niche product, and obviously it's hard to get a buyer either way. But since I kinda stopped selling it. I don't see any reason to sell it off cheap, especially considering it's performance level in CPU based applications. It just crushes anything else in Folding@Home basically. And thats what it was originally meant to do. I just figured I'd give something else a shot, and check out if I like the "new" numbers. But in this case I really don't.
I will try to find something to do with it, and if I cannot it will maintain folding for a while.
Originally my idea was to make it run Windows and to make it run with a real 3D-capable graphic card in there. the HD4870 I have in there (an old card which is a bit damaged too), was merely to make it possible to test it. But I can't even start any 3D application because there are no drivers for Windows Server. And I haven't had luck finding in google a way to make AMD HD cards run in Windows Server. If I could make it run, I'd want to know how the CPUs would handle 3DMark, and with that I'd know if it be worth buying a GTX 660 ti or HD7950 so I could play games on that computer if I feel like it. Right now I don't have a PC besides this one. Only a MacBook pro I use 24/7....