ive been looking at the opteron and athlon 64 FX, and ive found motherbaords from Asus that can support both CPU's (opteron and AThlon 64 FX). but what is the diffrence. some say that they are one and the same, AMD says otherwise. i know that opteron contains...

Opteron vs. Athlon in gaming machines. I keep seeing this same question. And it seems most people are getting the wrong idea. You simply can't compare the CPU's dirrectly. Opteron and Althon ( 64, X2, or FX ) ARE NOTthe same. Yes they are all Based on the...

Opteron or Athlon?. its an opty better than an athlong im looking at these 2 they are evenly prices if the opty is better i'll get that AMD Opteron 246 Troy 1GHz HT VS AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz HT the opteron has a bigger L2 cache....

have one) WinXP Pro and Suse Linux What's the difference between Opteron and Athlon other than that Althon is not SMP capable? Should I go for a single Athlon 64FX or is dual Opteron better for doing many tasks at once, especially VMWare? I'm thinking...

CPU config conundrum:dual core opteron/athlon. Hi, I need to buy a new computer for my work, and I need to decide on a CPU config. Any help/advice, pointing in the right direction would be much appreciated. I will use the PC essentially for very intense...

Whats the correct Opteron Bus speed?. I'm a little confused because on the AMD website it says: Opteron HyperTransport™ Technology Speed 1000MHz Athlon 64 FX: HT Speed 2000 Opteron Front Side Bus frequency 1.4 - 2.8 GHz† † The front side bus (interface...

I understand it is happy time and all, but it was over done. My $.02 If you can find it on the internet, it HAS to be true! :smile: Weren't you listening fugger? Announcement 1: Hammer will be called Opteron or Athlon depending on whether it is Multi...

an a64 (once the better boards are released) Opteron = Athlon FX underclocked for stability. So these processor can be good gaming machine, but you will have to go with higher clock speed models. I don't think Opteron 140 (1.40GHz) will gives you very good...

for prideful reasons, that Intel will make the eventual Yamhill/Anthill/etc. a somewhat different product than what the Opteron/Athlon 64 is. My system: AMD Athlon XP 3000+ CPU / TwinMOS 1Gb DDR400 / Soltek 75FRN-RL / Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro / Antec True...

to be excited about the opteron. In any way you won't buy one because it's server CPU, too expensive for the home user. And yes, the 800mhz Opteron indeed beated a 1.6ghz P4 but this P4 was based on the old and outdated Willamette core (256 L2 cache, 0.18...