Opteron 246 (2.00ghz) 1P Review
Omega65
Philadelphia, Pa
<a href="http://www.amdzone.com/articleview.cfm?ArticleID=1328" target=_blank>AMDZone: Opteron 246 1P Review</a>
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<b>Athlon 64 Questions, Conclusion</b>
So does the Opteron 246 paired with nForce 3 Professional have a clear lead in performance over the 3.2GHz P4? It depends on the benchmarks, but our tests seem to indicate that the Opteron is the overall winner. An extra 200MHz from Intel or Prescott may very well swing the advantage back to Intel however. An extra 200MHz for Opteron would clearly put the CPU out ahead in most tests by a good margin. It boils down to who is able to ramp up MHz faster in Q4, and how soon in Q4 Prescott will be released.
Also of obvious question is what clock speed will Athlon 64 be released in September, and whether or not this will be a Socket 940 rebadged Opteron, or a Socket 754 Athlon 64 with a single channel memory controller. Clock speed guesses range from 2GHz to 2.4GHz, and evidence seems to point to a Socket 940 Athlon 64 perhaps simultaneously launched with the Socket 754 model. Will there be MHz ratings or a model number system? No one knows for sure, but with no 3.4GHz P4 expected in time for the Athlon 64 launch it may be that AMD for the first time in many months will regain a clear performance advantage.
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<b>Athlon 64 Questions, Conclusion</b>
So does the Opteron 246 paired with nForce 3 Professional have a clear lead in performance over the 3.2GHz P4? It depends on the benchmarks, but our tests seem to indicate that the Opteron is the overall winner. An extra 200MHz from Intel or Prescott may very well swing the advantage back to Intel however. An extra 200MHz for Opteron would clearly put the CPU out ahead in most tests by a good margin. It boils down to who is able to ramp up MHz faster in Q4, and how soon in Q4 Prescott will be released.
Also of obvious question is what clock speed will Athlon 64 be released in September, and whether or not this will be a Socket 940 rebadged Opteron, or a Socket 754 Athlon 64 with a single channel memory controller. Clock speed guesses range from 2GHz to 2.4GHz, and evidence seems to point to a Socket 940 Athlon 64 perhaps simultaneously launched with the Socket 754 model. Will there be MHz ratings or a model number system? No one knows for sure, but with no 3.4GHz P4 expected in time for the Athlon 64 launch it may be that AMD for the first time in many months will regain a clear performance advantage.
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Ok, my bad.
So those 200 mhz will convince us all that it pwns any Intel cpu then? Nahh. Nothing sensational yet. However, until i´m proved the opposite, i blame the Nforce3 chipset which i believe will flop totally. Then again, mobo manufacturers does make 200 versions of the same motherboard theese days so... you´ll never know.
The 144 lost almost every test.
The 146 is 200MHz faster and won 15 of 17 tests.
You think another 200MHz won't matter?
1.2GHz slower and the processor wins 90% of the tests (146 to 3.2C). 1GHz slower and it wins all of them (148 to 3.2C)?
You CAN'T tell me that it's not impressive.
I´m telling ya, if i had a P4 3.2/Canterwood setup, i wouldn´t get rid of it and get a setup like that cause of those results.
For once AMD has the low power chip.