New Opterons

[Rustol3um]

Well if I had to choose one I would go with the FX in the end.....but thats just me.....its a little faster and has unlocked multipliers, if money was no object that is

 

[Zephy]

well im looking at the specs on newegg its a denmark with 64kb+64kb L1 cache do they make a different core? the toledo has a 128kb+128kb L1 cache isnt this going to have an impact on performance?

 

[MadModMike]

well im looking at the specs on newegg its a denmark with 64kb+64kb L1 cache do they make a different core? the toledo has a 128kb+128kb L1 cache isnt this going to have an impact on performance?

Each core has 128KB (64KB+64KB) and Newegg is misreporting the Opteron 64. Both have a combined 256KB Level 1 Cache.

~~Mad Mod Mike, pimpin' the world 1 rig at a time

 

[Zephy]

thanks for the correction so whats your opinion 180 or fx-60

 

[Caboose-1]

165 and overclock that sumbeesh. Man Im really getting biased with the Opterons..... Spending too much time with them at work I guess :lol:

 

[MadModMike]

thanks for the correction so whats your opinion 180 or fx-60

Get the 185.

~~Mad Mod Mike, pimpin' the world 1 rig at a time

 

[Caboose-1]

thanks for the correction so whats your opinion 180 or fx-60

Get the 185.

~~Mad Mod Mike, pimpin' the world 1 rig at a time
Yes indeed.

 

[Zephy]

where can i get one?

 

[MadModMike]

where can i get one?

They aren't out yet IDT (I don't think), but Newegg.com should have them in a few days or a week.

~~Mad Mod Mike, pimpin' the world 1 rig at a time

 

[dvdpiddy]

tomorrow on newegg or call amd and ask

 

[Caboose-1]

where can i get one?

newegg.com is in my opinion the most trusted place for PC parts.

 

[Zephy]

okay maybe i asked the wrong question when can i get one(185) and if its later than the about the 14th of this month which would be better the fx-60 or the 180

 

[MadModMike]

okay maybe i asked the wrong question when can i get one(185) and if its later than the about the 14th of this month which would be better the fx-60 or the 180

The 180.

~~Mad Mod Mike, pimpin' the world 1 rig at a time

 

[ltcommander_data]

It's alot of things, but it seems 65nm hasn't really helped alot since the 90nm 8xx Series Extreme Edtion is 135w, it seems all 65nm has done is reduce by 5w and allow 200MHz higher.

Just wanted to follow up a bit. The current 9xx series were the test subjects for the 65nm process which is why their thermal performance hasn't been significantly lower. However, Intel will be releasing the newer C1 stepping in April which will bring the current top of the line mainstream 3.4GHz 950 down to a TDP of 95W. This will mean the net change from the 90nm Smithfields will be a 40W decrease and a 600MHz gain in clock speed. People may criticize Intel's manufacturing process without SOI, but that type of improvement, especially on an inheirently inefficient design like Netburst is quite impressive. As well, EIST will now be enabled to cool down the chips further when idle. They can now clock lower as well, down to 2.4GHz vs. the 2.8GHz limit on Smithfield.

The official Developer Product Change Notification is here:
http://developer.intel.com/design/pcn/Processors/D0105761.pdf

The prices of the 950 will also be cut 50% when the C1 stepping is released.
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20060213PR218.html

 

[Zephy]

Thanks for the help you just saved me a small sum and probably helped me more in the long run for ocing which i am still unsure of but ill run it stock for the first couple of months at least which will give me plenty of time to look into phase change and ocing

 

[9-inch]

No offense, but it took AMD long enough. AMD has been quietly shipping 2.6GHz Opteron 285s to Sun Microsystems for months now. However, they were previously under the SE label which meant a TDP of 120W. (Funny thing is the SE series isn't mentioned anywhere in official AMD literature probably because it doesn't help "AMD push its power consumption advantage over Intel".)

Anyhow, it's still lower than any of Intel's dual core processors.