Rough Estimate of Source usage on 5520

[CrimsonGT]

So I havent ran dedicated boxes in a while now, but I am looking to pick one up this week. I found a Intel Nehalem Dual Quadcore 5520 (8x2.26ghz) box with plenty of ram, bandwidth, space, etc.

I use to run Q6600s in my boxes, so im not sure how much better these new nehalem's are. I know on the Q6600 I could run a 24 slot TF2 server at 300fps (on 1 core) and use about 40% CPU give or take. Im wondering if this processor will have lower CPU usage than the Q6600 or what.

Im guessing with 8 cores im probably looking at between 3-400 slots depending on what games are running?

[afterhoursgaming]

Well CPU usage wouldn't be much different if at all. The idea is density you have more cores to run more servers from a single box. Thus increase the denisty of game servers you have in one space...

[CrimsonGT]

Well if thats the case, then it would make more sense just to run a much older dual quad xeon wouldnt it? It seems to me like there would be some difference in running the latest core technology over the older technology (nehalem vs c2q).

[cookies911]

There is actually, from my point of view running high fps high tickrate source servers, on a Intel Core i7, the fps and tickrate seems to be alot more stable.
I've got a great quote on Dual E5520s If you'd like around 400$ per box fully loaded 3tb, dual 150gb 10krpm drives etc.
PS : the i7 is the same architecture as the E5520s.
Considering Turbo mode and HT, the cpus will benefit for game servers.
You should be able to run more than 400+slots cs:source 1000fps 100tick

[CrimsonGT]

Thanks for the info. As for that offer, I get a much better deal through my company so no thanks