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17th January 2006, 21:37 | #1 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| 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
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17th January 2006, 22:21 | #2 |
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| 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? |
17th January 2006, 22:38 | #3 |
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| 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!
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18th January 2006, 01:27 | #4 |
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| A draw as for as performance is concern; large cache lower speed versus smaller cache higher speed.
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18th January 2006, 13:15 | #5 |
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| How about testing the min FPS and editing programs for video and photo? |
18th January 2006, 13:35 | #6 |
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| 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.
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18th January 2006, 15:35 | #7 |
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| 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? |
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18th January 2006, 17:17 | #9 |
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| 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? |
18th January 2006, 17:35 | #10 |
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| Yes, I did using a second HD; no difference
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