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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. beats Intel out the door with its dual-core Opteron chip family.
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| Antone Gonsalves
Posted on 09/26/2005 4:42:23 PM PDT by xcamel
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Boot up!
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posted on
09/26/2005 4:42:24 PM PDT
by
xcamel
To: xcamel
I wonder how hot these things run?
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posted on
09/26/2005 4:43:59 PM PDT
by
flashbunny
(Do you believe in the Constitution only until it keeps the government from doing what you want?)
To: xcamel
"The Opteron Model 880 and Model 280 are priced at $2,649 and $1,299, respectively, in 1,000-unit quantities. The Model 180 is expected to cost $799 in the same quantities."
OUCH!
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posted on
09/26/2005 4:45:24 PM PDT
by
flashbunny
(Do you believe in the Constitution only until it keeps the government from doing what you want?)
To: xcamel
Hooray for good ol american cut-throat capitalism!
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posted on
09/26/2005 4:46:31 PM PDT
by
Odyssey-x
To: xcamel
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posted on
09/26/2005 4:47:22 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: xcamel
It happens every time I build a new system... I will build a system, think it's going to be top notch for awhile soon as it gets done and get the bugs worked out, something new comes out. Never fails. The Athlon 64 X2's have been out for awhile now.
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posted on
09/26/2005 4:47:47 PM PDT
by
Echo Talon
(http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
To: flashbunny
Pretty pricey, but worth it to get your frame rates up.
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posted on
09/26/2005 4:47:57 PM PDT
by
wolfpat
(Dum vivimus, vivamus.)
To: flashbunny; xcamel
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posted on
09/26/2005 4:49:09 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
To: flashbunny
http://www.amdcompare.com/us-en/opteron/details.aspx?opn=OSA880FAA6CC It draws 95 watts.
| Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ Processor Details |
| Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ Processor Model 880 |
| 880 |
| OSA880FAA6CC |
| E6 |
| 2.4GHz |
| 1000MHz |
| 2.4GHz |
| 1.30V/1.35V |
| 49° C to 67° C |
| 95.0W |
| 2 MB |
| 2.4GHz |
| .09 micron SOI |
| Socket 940 |
| 70.5 A |
| 1 year |
|
To: flashbunny
"I wonder how hot these things run?"Bet you could cook eggs on one.......
I have had bad luck with AMD.....
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posted on
09/26/2005 4:50:13 PM PDT
by
glasseye
To: Paleo Conservative
I can imagine a 16 core server would be able to heat up a small building pretty easily!
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posted on
09/26/2005 4:50:54 PM PDT
by
flashbunny
(Do you believe in the Constitution only until it keeps the government from doing what you want?)
To: Paleo Conservative
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posted on
09/26/2005 4:50:58 PM PDT
by
glasseye
To: xcamel
I have a few Opterons, single-core, in production. They SCREAM through tasks.
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posted on
09/26/2005 4:51:39 PM PDT
by
ikka
To: glasseye
Which AMD chips did you have trouble with?
To: Paleo Conservative
The 880 only draws 95 watts. That, along with SOI and the 0.09 nm process reduce powerusage/heat by a lot.
To: glasseye
The only bad luck I've had in the past, say 4-5 years was due to a crappy VIA chipset board.
The next time around I switched to a new nVidia chipset board and it's been great.
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posted on
09/26/2005 4:52:51 PM PDT
by
flashbunny
(Do you believe in the Constitution only until it keeps the government from doing what you want?)
To: SolarisRocks
Not bad- I'm reading it uses their nice cool n quiet technology.
Hopefully existing heat sinks can work with this one.
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posted on
09/26/2005 4:54:05 PM PDT
by
flashbunny
(Do you believe in the Constitution only until it keeps the government from doing what you want?)
To: flashbunny
For such an expensive processor I would suggest you get the PIB (Processor in a Box) version that comes with an amd approved fan. Unless you are overclocking or need it to be very quiet.
The 3 year warranty that comes with the PIB is also kind of nice.
To: flashbunny
"The Opteron Model 880 and Model 280 are priced at $2,649 and $1,299, respectively, in 1,000-unit quantities. The Model 180 is expected to cost $799 in the same quantities."Do you think the 180 will have enough power to handle the next bloated generation of Microsoft software, or should we all go ahead and spring for the 880 now?
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posted on
09/26/2005 4:56:38 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: SolarisRocks
"Which AMD chips did you have trouble with?"My best memory is that they were 1.8 and 2 gig chips about 5-6 years ago. Never got the 1.8 to run right, and fried the 2 gig chip when the heat sink came loose.
I was running 3 case fans, one for the bios, one for the power supply and one on the proccessor. Darn thing sounded like a blender.
I threw the board and chip away. It was the last AMD system I built. Expensive mistake.
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:03:22 PM PDT
by
glasseye
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