Game PC reviews a Dual Opteron 244 NForce3 Workstation
<a href="http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=opteron244&page=1" target_blank>GamePC: Dual Opteron 244 Nforce3 Review</a>
<i>"Just as the Opteron is starting to pick-up steam on its own, AMD is getting ready to launch the Athlon64 processor next month, which will take the spotlight off the Opteron as AMD’s premiere consumer-level processor. From all accounts, it is appearing more and more like the Opteron will still be the high-end processor of choice for workstation and high-end gamers looking for the best performance from the AMD64 architecture. With the recent introduction of nVidia's nForce3 Pro 150 chipset, which paired the Opteron processor with a fairly inexpensive motherboard platform with AGP 8x graphics support, we're seeing the Opteron processor bloom into truly something special. Despite the early nature of this processor, the performance is impressive, even under a 32-bit operating system environment.
<b>Memory performance, on the other hand, is pretty incredible with the Opteron. As we've re-tested these CPU's with PC-2700 DDR memory with 4 modules (dual channel DDR for each CPU), the memory performance from the Opteron has gone from very good to absolutely top notch. Both the Xeon 3.06 GHz/1MB and the Opterons are tested with dual channel DDR-333 memory, but the Opteron's low-latency on-die memory controller allows for nearly a 30% boost in memory scores. Very impressive indeed!
If you're going for an Opteron in a 2P, it's very much worth the extra money to purchase four modules instead of two, even though two will work fine. "</b></i>
<i>"Just as the Opteron is starting to pick-up steam on its own, AMD is getting ready to launch the Athlon64 processor next month, which will take the spotlight off the Opteron as AMD’s premiere consumer-level processor. From all accounts, it is appearing more and more like the Opteron will still be the high-end processor of choice for workstation and high-end gamers looking for the best performance from the AMD64 architecture. With the recent introduction of nVidia's nForce3 Pro 150 chipset, which paired the Opteron processor with a fairly inexpensive motherboard platform with AGP 8x graphics support, we're seeing the Opteron processor bloom into truly something special. Despite the early nature of this processor, the performance is impressive, even under a 32-bit operating system environment.
<b>Memory performance, on the other hand, is pretty incredible with the Opteron. As we've re-tested these CPU's with PC-2700 DDR memory with 4 modules (dual channel DDR for each CPU), the memory performance from the Opteron has gone from very good to absolutely top notch. Both the Xeon 3.06 GHz/1MB and the Opterons are tested with dual channel DDR-333 memory, but the Opteron's low-latency on-die memory controller allows for nearly a 30% boost in memory scores. Very impressive indeed!
If you're going for an Opteron in a 2P, it's very much worth the extra money to purchase four modules instead of two, even though two will work fine. "</b></i>
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