Opteron 165 - Upgrade to X2
 

Last year I had the pleasure in getting my first taste of Upgrade to A64-Venice 3000+ . The high overclock headroom and ease of thermal output plus the low price made the Venice 3000+ a terrific buy. So much buzz on the Opteron Dual Core S939 since November last year; I was hoping I would get the same result my Venice delivers

http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=393

Nice article. I enjoyed reading it (after my study =.= ).

but shouldn't
"While the X2 3800+ is going for ~$322, the Opteron 165 with 1MB of cache rather than 512mb; 1.8 Ghz versus 2.0 Ghz may well be a draw."
be kb?

yes; of course, I saw that error too when I read his first draft but I must have overlooked in for the final edited; consider it changed. thanks for spotting the error!

A draw as for as performance is concern; large cache lower speed versus smaller cache higher speed.:)

How about testing the min FPS and editing programs for video and photo?

you clearly don't understand the meaning of this article.

if you want benchmark numbers search google for X2 review; if you want to read an average gamer/user experience with X2 compared to AMD's previous offering; you have it here.

Hi everyone.

jmke/lazyman, one question. When switching CPUs, did you enabled SMP for WinXP or install a fresh copy of WinXP? It's not clear from your article. Are you aware of this issue?

yes he was aware, check the last link in the article (not the forum link;))

Heh, I must've finished downloading 3DMark06 by the last page...;)

In that case, and perhaps as an addendum to Quick Summary, did he try a fresh WinXP install for the X2?

Yes, I did using a second HD; no difference :)