IanIpp wrote:
> We have a 3 month old quad processor/dual core server running SQL
> Server 2005 and already it is getting close to hitting the CPU wall.
> An 8 way CPU box is prohibitively expensive and out of the question. I
>

HP ProLiant DL585-G1 128GB/2.4GHz/DC/4P
Availability Date 11/08/05
TPC-C Throughput 202,551
http://www.tpc.org/tpcc/results/tpcc...p?id=105100101

Are you doing more than 100,000 transactions/minute in an OLTP system
and can't pay an 8 way machine?

Then I guess your problem is other, not with SQL2K5.