New Shuttle "shoe box" computers will feature AGP

[CougTek]

The news comes from an article about Computex 2002 (http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1631&p=3) at Anandtech. They even have a picture of the inside of the Shuttle XPC :

http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/shows/computex/2002/day1/part2/Shuttle_AGP_big.jpg

I hope Shuttle will consider to make a shoe-box Athlon-based system too (P4 are poor anything@home crunchers), as it could be a great solution for people needing a lot of computers and with space constraint. It should also be cheaper than rackmount systems, although unlike 2U enclosures, dual-CPU systems would be possible.

[Bartender]

I saw that at Anand, I think Buck wishes he could build similar systems for a really low price.

[Rocco Siffredi]

Is it me or is that passivley cooled? :o

P4 northwoods make great Seti crunchers...

[Prof.Wizard]

I like it.

[Dr. Willy]

P4 northwoods make great Seti crunchers...
I was wondering, Herr Professor Siffredi, are P4s better than Athlon XPs regarding SETI crunching?

Haben Sie proof (benchmarks)?

[Corvair]

Hmmm... Glue that lil' mobo to the backside of a 17-inch LCD with a 20 GB 2.5" notebook hard drive, and yo, a nice lil' spacesaver computer.

[Splash]

Of course, you could nail to a wall and call it a desktop saver systems!

[Rocco Siffredi]

P4 northwoods make great Seti crunchers...
I was wondering, Herr Professor Siffredi, are P4s better than Athlon XPs regarding SETI crunching?

Haben Sie proof (benchmarks)?

Hmmm, I'm professor now? OK..

Well, I did have for a short time, a P4 1.8@2.5 and it was around 15 minutes per unit faster than my Athlon XP1800 at 1667 (1533@1667).

Obviously clock for clock the XP was faster, but at the time, XP1800 and NW1800 were approximately the same price ($10 less for the XP which ends up more expensive when you factor in a good heatsink like the 8045.)