ClayMeow Posted September 23, 2003 Posted September 23, 2003 What exactly is an opteron? I know it's 64bit and all, but i always thought it was for multi-processor systems, like Xeon's. However, i've seen opteron's specified for single opteron systems, so why would you want to purchase that over a high-end barton? or better yet, the new athlon 64's coming out? What's the major specs that make it stand out from the rest? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrusk Posted September 23, 2003 Posted September 23, 2003 Sounds like a question for bigred. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayMeow Posted September 23, 2003 Posted September 23, 2003 Sounds like a question for bigred. my thoughts EXACTLY! i was actually about to go edit my post asking for bigred's help . heehee Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted September 23, 2003 Posted September 23, 2003 (edited) okay, here's the point to it. benifits of opteron vs athlon 64 Dual Channel ecc ddr controller built in (larger amounts of ram possible) room for larger L2 cache (we'll be seeing this soon) SMP enabled on the 2xx or higher series chips memory controller can NOT be over ridden by the mobo's own controller for stability sake more robust thermal protection l1 and l2 cache are ecc 256k L1/1mb l2 athlon 64's benifits cheaper debut faster single channel ddr controller which will take ANY ddr dual channel ddr support can be provided via the mobo chipset, also allowes for better overclocking only l2 cache has ecc (cheaper) slightly improved 32bit core 128k l1 / 1mb l2 personally I still would take my opteron over the athlon 64 until the crush 8 chipset from nvidia starts shipping. cuz the via kt800 is a pile of monkey toss. and yes I can say I've seen a 1.8ghz opteron run a barton 2800 over in every test I've tried... the 64 beat it in most, but not all tests (just the most important ones) Edited September 23, 2003 by bigred Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayMeow Posted September 23, 2003 Posted September 23, 2003 hmmm. interesting...thanks for the info. some of it i don't quite understand fully, but that's just my n00bness. When's the 64 come out? is it today or thursday? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted September 23, 2003 Posted September 23, 2003 2 hours ago eastern time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobalt Posted September 24, 2003 Posted September 24, 2003 Here's a little help http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NTI0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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