AMD Says It Can Still Beat Intel Cores with Opterons
Omega65
Philadelphia, Pa
According to IT Jngle AMD expects it upcoming "Rev F" Opterons to maintain its performance lead over Intel's Core family of CPUs for servers.
"Rev F" Opterons will feature Registered DDR2 support and a new socket, "Socket F" a 1207 pin LGA (Land Grid Array) similar to Intels Socket T a 775 pin LGA CPU socket. Socket F is also designed to support AMD's 65nm "Rev G" core Opterons, which will feature Quad Cores, HyperTransport 3.0 and L3 Cache.
Article: IT Jungle: AMD Says It Can Still Beat Intel Cores with Opterons
"Rev F" Opterons will feature Registered DDR2 support and a new socket, "Socket F" a 1207 pin LGA (Land Grid Array) similar to Intels Socket T a 775 pin LGA CPU socket. Socket F is also designed to support AMD's 65nm "Rev G" core Opterons, which will feature Quad Cores, HyperTransport 3.0 and L3 Cache.
Article: IT Jungle: AMD Says It Can Still Beat Intel Cores with Opterons
Source: IT JungleWhat the Rev F machines do have is a new socket, called the Socket F....The Socket F is designed to be used for the next generation of multi-core Opterons, which are due in 2007 and which will use a 65 nanometer process.
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To get to quad-core processors, AMD will be moving to a 65 nanometer process in 2007, which will include a totally revamped Operton core, code-named "Deerhound" apparently and presumably also known as Rev G. These Rev G chips make jump from HyperTransport 1.0 to the HyperTransport 3.0 interconnect (hey, what happened to HyperTransport 2.0?), and a new architecture that incorporates L3 cache. (The rumor is that it will be a few megabytes of cache, and it will be on the die, not in the package alongside the die.)
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but yeah---where's the cheap amd dual core to compete with the intel pd 805 for roughly $150...
amd why don't you do something like this?
amd x2 3600+, 1.8ghz, 512L2 x 2 = $250
amd x2 3400+, 1.6ghz, 512L2 x 2 = $200
amd x2 3200+, 1.4ghz. 512L2 x 2 = $150
they would sell like hotcakes.
Intel 805 = Overstocked Inventory of 8xx chips = Low prices
AMD X2 = SOLD OUT = High Prices
I think the dual core 805 would give a noticable boost over my current system, not to mention at a 15% overclock i would get 3.06 GHz x 2
this may also be a good excuse to get the nice d-link 16 port switch I've had my eye on, note: what do the different layers in a switch mean, im sure it has something to do with management, the d-link i want is a layer 2 switch.
if i get to 3.4 id be happy, but 3.6 or 3.7? i may jump up and down, run around my adition singing joy to the world if i get that high of an oc. do you still im a bit foggy as far as the intel oc'ing goes, but with a 2.8 gig processor and an 800mhz fsb, i am only getting a 3.5x multiplier, is that right?
going on that, if i bump the fsb up to an even 1ghz, id get 3.5ghz and if i take it all the way to 1077mhz, then i get a 3.76ghz. is this correct? a 3.5x multiplier seems low coming from amd land.
If you already have a spare 120mm fan, you can save some money on your CPU heatsink purchase and get a Scythe Ninja. They perform just as well as the Big Typhoons. In case you haven't seen it, take a look at my top tier heatsinks comparison thread, TT Big Tyhpoon vs. Zalman CNPS 9500 vs. Scythe Ninja.
FSB from the CPU is DDR, double data rate, so that's nominal FSB X 2. Dual channel pushes the signal through two channels, so that's DDR X 2, for a theoretical "quad" pumping. No, it is not four times as fast, but it is nevertheless a technological improvement over the old basic FSB. With Intel systems, this is a motherboard-CPU process, with the motherboard providing the dual channel function. With a newer AMD CPU, the memory bus boost is accomplished on the CPU itself - Hyper Transport, which is much more efficient than processing through the motherboard.