Asus has posted a new beta bios version 1003_01 for the SK8N. It is dated September 1st. Update: I've flashed the bios and it does add support for DDR400 memory which is something that has been lacking.
sorry for the triple post, my internet stopped, and i got antsy hitting the submit reply button:D I was curious because i knew the 64-bit WinXP wasnt out yet, and i am interested in seeing some 64-bit linux results
Unfortunately XP Pro 32 bit for me as well, shame but I just havent had the time. Tried finding a 64 bit linux distro, but the only one I spotted was Suse and that's not free (in that version).
I'm hopeful Opterons will take off nicely soon. Assuming AMD can get the big volume out it needs to hit the holiday period properly, it would be handy to have available gear.
Intel has some nice kit out too, so it's going to be interesting...
@primesuspect said:
Yeah, the thing felt very responsive once we got the chipset and video drivers installed. I am a little curious oncerned about chipset support and early bios revision though.
I mean, the bios is v. 1001. I am sure some of these problems will be solved when they work out some of the kinks in the BIOS. The bios reports the chip as an AMD Engineering Sample. Also, the nForce drivers don't seem to be optimized yet. For example, there are no "nForce xxxxxx" drivers listed in device manager after installing the platform drivers. I get the sense that nothing is optimized yet. I will expect bigger and better after a few months when driver and bios are optimized.
I feel this way all over again with Ryzen. Almost 14 years later and Ryzen has reignited this feeling. How do you do it, AMD?
@Thrax said:
Testing Opteron Folding:
Prime: "Let's see how fast it folds." Launches the 3.25 client and begins entering 'Primesuspect' into the user name field
Thrax: "Set it under its own name so we can see how many points it does in 3 days."
Prime: "..." laughing "Nah. We'll see how many points it does for me in 3 days"
Prime beat me to the bump before I could track this down in the Byte thread. This is the part that the Ryzen thread reminded me of.
The weird part was I could have sworn I was the one who suggested Prime to set the Opteron to its own name, but of course I wasn't. I'm concerned that I'm internalizing all of Icrontic. That you guys are part of my inner monologue, and it's too late to resist.
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Intel has some nice kit out too, so it's going to be interesting...
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I feel this way all over again with Ryzen. Almost 14 years later and Ryzen has reignited this feeling. How do you do it, AMD?
I was wondering when this thread would get bumped.
My how the times have changed!
14 years is quite the refractory period.
Prime beat me to the bump before I could track this down in the Byte thread. This is the part that the Ryzen thread reminded me of.
The weird part was I could have sworn I was the one who suggested Prime to set the Opteron to its own name, but of course I wasn't. I'm concerned that I'm internalizing all of Icrontic. That you guys are part of my inner monologue, and it's too late to resist.
......and just so no one forgets.