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Opteron Review
Name: Adam Date: September 10, 2003 at 21:02:48 Pacific OS: Win XP CPU/Ram: XP2400+/512MB DDR
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Have a look at this:
http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=426
From what I see, the biggest downfall of the Opteron will be the price.
Name: SkipCox Date: September 11, 2003 at 00:41:04 Pacific
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This article says more by what it doesn't say.
Do we all game at 640x480?
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Response Number 2
Name: Adam Date: September 11, 2003 at 02:24:13 Pacific
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No, I doubt many, if any, would, but not all the benchmarks were done at 640x480, and regardless, it still blew the P4 3.2 out of the water. Will be interesting to see what happens when the next generation of Intel CPU's arrive.
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Response Number 3
Name: SkipCox Date: September 11, 2003 at 02:41:02 Pacific
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Yes it will.
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Response Number 4
Name: Kevn Date: September 11, 2003 at 02:48:43 Pacific
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The reason it's at 640x480 is because it stresses the CPU more than the video card when at that resolution, therefore it's best to use that rez.
It's just an exageration of what kind of performance you would be getting out of the CPU at 1024x768 or higher.
And the Opteron is one step ahead of the XP, P4 and Xeon..of course it's going to get those scores..doesn't prove anything. Intel will be out with their workstation/server CPU's soon.
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Response Number 5
Name: SkipCox Date: September 11, 2003 at 04:07:30 Pacific
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Yeah, the testers can't get the gear and/or drivers to do a proper test. Intel certainly won't stand still.
NDA's are turning all of this into a glorified advertisement.
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Response Number 6
Name: real_cool Date: September 11, 2003 at 07:43:09 Pacific
The AMD Opteron processor Model 146 begins at $669 for 1K units and is available in tray or PIB from distributors worldwide. For complete pricing on AMD Opteron processor 100 Series click here: http://sausmaps.amd.com/AMDeMA/www/r?1000005750.2505.19.85sOSa1qNmXJfL
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Response Number 7
Name: Kevn Date: September 11, 2003 at 07:46:49 Pacific
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I seen an opteron 240 1.8ghz or something for $1500.
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Response Number 8
Name: Real_cool Date: September 11, 2003 at 08:20:55 Pacific
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These are AMD official pricings:
Multiprocessors AMD Opteron™ Processor 100 Models Price Model 146 $669 Model 144 $438 Model 142 $292 Model 140 $229 200 Models Price Model 246 $794 Model 244 $690 Model 242 $455 Model 240 $256 800 Models Price Model 846 $3199 Model 844 $2149 Model 842 $1299 Model 840 $749
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Response Number 9
Name: johnoh Date: September 11, 2003 at 08:30:47 Pacific
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If you could buy a 50-inch big screen TV for $50 or a 55-inch TV for $500, which would you buy?
At some point it makes sense to lay aside the discussion of who is the biggest/fastest.
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Response Number 10
Name: Kevn Date: September 11, 2003 at 08:31:13 Pacific
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I found a 242 here in Canada for $1100. A 3.2C costs $900. In the US it's like $650.
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Response Number 11
Name: jam Date: September 11, 2003 at 09:03:08 Pacific
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johnoh...I agree, but there will always be those willing to spend that extra $450 just be able to say, "mine's bigger than yours"
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Response Number 12
Name: TMP-Man Date: September 11, 2003 at 09:17:22 Pacific
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I will buy 10 of 50 in big screen TV and sell them out for $500 each. =)
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Response Number 13
Name: Comtronix Inc. Date: September 17, 2003 at 15:52:28 Pacific
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I can sell Opteron 242 for $749.95 Canadian i dunno where you got that $1100 figure but it's a slight rip off :)
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