Simple querry (it has to do with AMD)

[dwellman]

I have one simple question:

With the Opteron 240 ~$270 (Newegg) and the 100 series likely to cost less, what will be keeping sensible people from buying Opteron instead of A64?

I am aware and have factored that Opteron uses ECC exclusively.

Dave

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[Schmide]

186 pins?

Dichromatic for your viewing plesure...

 

[Mephistopheles]

Maybe... well, maybe the A64 will be even cheaper at 1.4Ghz. Keep in mind that the 240 is the lowest-performing and lowest-clocked chip of them all, and that A64 should be introduced at 2Ghz, with another price. So maybe A64 is cheaper on a clock-per-clock basis.

Besides, a 1.4Ghz Opteron will get brutally crushed by Prescott by the time A64 is around. Even a 1.8Ghz Opteron looks as if it should be trounced by the 3.2Ghz Northwood on non-server tasks... makes us wonder if the 2.0Ghz A64 using single channel memory architecture is actually a good match for Prescott at speeds of 3.4 and 3.6Ghz, and later on, for Grantsdale...

 

[Mephistopheles]

186 pins?

Um, that's a good one! Hadn't thought of that.

Maybe Opteron mobos will have a high price tag in comparison to A64's, which, together with ECC's high price, will drive consumers away.

 

[dwellman]

Remember that Opteron has a 144 bit memory interface. A64 has, well, a 64 bit. Opteron 14x would have to be significantly more expensive than comprably clocked A64, as well as the supporting hardware.

Regards,

Dave



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[dwellman]

Maybe the extra pins will keep the HSF from tweaking the CPU out of the socket.

Yeah. More pins = more security.

Dave

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[TheRod]

Funny!

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