Opteron 246 Review (Both 1P & 2P)

Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
edited September 2003 in Science & Tech
<a href="http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=opteron246&page=1&quot; target=_blank>GamePC: Opteron 246 Review (Both 1P & 2P)</a>
<b>The Final Word</b>
AMD's Opteron is an exciting product, and with its innovative feature set and excellent raw performance, AMD looks to finally be breathing some life into the processor market which was rapidly becoming vapid and stale. The Opteron and Athlon64 processor families have absolutely re-ignited the processor wars and are now not only competing with Intel's top of the line Pentium 4 and Xeon processors, but in most real world occasions, are beating them.
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Judging by what we're seeing today, we feel that the Opteron 246 is certainly justified as the world's fastest PC processor. Neither the Pentium 4 3.2 GHz nor the Xeon 3.06 GHz/1MB has proved itself to beat the Opteron 246 in a majority of benchmarks. It's just a stellar chip.
<i>Red scores mean that the competing processor is performing better than the Opteron 246, while green scores mean that the Opteron 246 is giving better performance.</i>

Comments

  • edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    If a 3.2 P4 posts that much better of a math score, will it also out fold the 64????
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    Actually those 2 sandra scores look like it is not utilising SSE 2 in the Opteron.

    Also, going from those scores it looks really bad as I am sure an Opteron 246 and its motherboard will cost hell of alot more than that P4 and its own mobo......

    NS
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited September 2003
    The Prices are pretty much equal now considering scarcity. AMD Opteron Rampup happens 1H 2004

    Opteron 246 2.0ghz Dual Processor Version
    Opteron 146 2.0ghz Uniprocessor version

    NF3 Pro (Opteron /Athlon64) Mobos ~$160
    P4 i875 Mobo ~$175

    Opteron 146 ~$650
    P4 3.20ghz ~$620

    AMD8000 Dual CPU mobos ~$500
    Dual Xeon Mobos $250-$600

    Opteron 246 ~$820
    Xeon MP 3.06 1MB ~$750
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    Haven't been paying much attention to the opteron, but do you have to buy different versions depending on wether you are going to run single or dual? If so, that sucks.....

    NS
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited September 2003
    Just like Intel..... (and yeah - that sucks)
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