Server Owners: AMD?
AMD have been pulling a lot of tricks out their hat recently, and I wanted to know how server owners felt about the i7's vs AMD's 3800x range
I feel like for single threaded games such as Garrys mod it’s a really marginal difference if any. But for games that can use multiple threads or a sync (like Minecraft) the higher multi core performance would likely help the server perform better than on an i7.
Back in days I used AMD on my workhorse (editing computer) I could load gmod instant and servers like candy food. After switching over to Intel i no longer can load gmod instant and such, it always have that "not responding" waiting time.
I would go for AMD if your into workhorse machine, and intel if your a gamer that plays other games than gmod. If your whole idea is using the computer for multitasking work, go for amd
Not for long. COUGH 64 bit COUGH
Don't think 64 bit adds multi-threaded support, could be wrong though. Not sure if anyone is really fully aware of the implications 64 bit servers will have for Garry's Mod
Garry's Mod is a source engine game, it'll most likely always be limited to single threading.