yo mad mod mike i need ur help

was wonderin what the last X2 model is goin to be for 939 and FX model , i kno that they hav gone up to X2 4800 and FX-60 so far, but what comes next.
i have a socket 939 was wonderin what to wait for , cheers

http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/03/17/semiconductor_2005/

(this graph on that link is awful, look how much money INTEL (!!) have made selling inferior processors, altho im pretty equal dont really care bout either AMD or INTEL, just thort id show you)

wot r these 939 opterons all about , arnt they just relabelled A64's, arent they meant to be dual processor but that cant be if its on a mobo that only has 1 socket, all this 939 and 940 is confusin my aching brain

ah cheers, that makes sense, i once heard sum1 sayin they shud OC a opteron an they wud be ace compared to a A64, i see now

how much is max cache for an opteron , still 1MB like san diego? or more? and wat is 2-way,4-way or-8-way , im guessin u mean no. of CPU's but :? im a bit confused to be honest

At the mo, 939, in 6 months time, AM2 (basically 940) or whatever the socket is for Conroe, doesn't matter really.....

how much is max cache for an opteron , still 1MB like san diego? or more? and wat is 2-way,4-way or-8-way , im guessin u mean no. of CPU's but :? im a bit confused to be honest

For the 939, I believe max cache the 1xx can have is 2MB (1MB x 2 for dual cores). But since your using them for gaming.. that isn't going to matter, if memory serves.

The 2-way, 4-way, and 8-way, If I understand correctly, is if you use a Server MB that sockets 2 opty's. Depending on how many cores it has to corresponding cache, makes it 2-way, 4-way, or 8-way.

So.. Opty with 2 cores with 2MB cache x 2.. is 4way.

Opty with 1 core but socketed with another single, is 2 way.

I think..

Not sure about the quad or 8 way. Unless I'm taking it the wrong way..

You are taking this slightly wrong, though its easy to see why. A dual core CPU is still 1 way. It actually refers to the physical number of chips that are intercommunicating on the board. Here os the breakdown:

Socket 939:
1xx series, single and dual core 1-way chips.
Socket 940:
2xx series, 2 way single and dual core chips that are designed to be used in a dual socket mobo for up to four cores.
8xx series, these can be used in either 4 socket (4-way), or 8 socket (8-way) boards for a total of up to 16 cores.

Opterons currently have a max of 2x1MB of cache (1MB for each core, not to be confused with 2MB shared cache total). The only other difference between them and normal A64s is that they are "top shelf". usually made of higher quality silicon, and therefore overclock better. You can get a cheaper Opteron that will outperform a stock $1025 FX-60 in some cases.

Sure. You can oftens times get better performance out of a pair of 2xx series than a 1xx series dual core as well, at least if you can find a cheap place for the memory and mobo.

Yes.. Opty's support:

Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, 3DNOW! Professional

AMD Opteron

Above link, basically covers most of whats being asked, I think.