Originally posted by: AristoV300
depends what is your definition of "fastest" is? Gaming, benchmarking, video editing, etc...
It was difficult to resist being a little sensationalist in this 939 roundup and titling the review, "Who needs 925X?" That would have been a fair title, however, since you can clearly see that all of the Socket 939/FX53 boards completely outperform Intel's top 560 on the top 925X motherboard. Even Media Encoding, the last bastion of Intel dominance, has fallen in benchmarks with our new AutoGK benchmark.
Originally posted by: Calin
The Opterons are workstation and server processors, not desktop processors. The Athlon 64FX is the desktop processor (and it is almost just like an Opteron)
Calin
$$$Originally posted by: Czar
Originally posted by: Calin
The Opterons are workstation and server processors, not desktop processors. The Athlon 64FX is the desktop processor (and it is almost just like an Opteron)
Calin
whats the difference between a workstation and a desktop?
Originally posted by: Cerb
$$$Originally posted by: Czar
Originally posted by: Calin
The Opterons are workstation and server processors, not desktop processors. The Athlon 64FX is the desktop processor (and it is almost just like an Opteron)
Calin
whats the difference between a workstation and a desktop?
Yes, but it's the surge protector, UPS, SCSI RAID, ECC RAM and advanced backup solutions that make up much of that $$$.Originally posted by: 3chordcharlie
Originally posted by: Cerb
$$$Originally posted by: Czar
Originally posted by: Calin
The Opterons are workstation and server processors, not desktop processors. The Athlon 64FX is the desktop processor (and it is almost just like an Opteron)
Calin
whats the difference between a workstation and a desktop?
Not to mention paranoid emphasis on reliability
Oh, and more $$$
Originally posted by: sisooktom
Actually, the Opteron 250 is cheaper than the FX-53 if I'm not mistaken. The only differences are the FX is multiplier unlocked and the Opteron has an additional HT link to support dual procs.
Originally posted by: Sunner
There's the Opteron 1xx series which is missing that link, it's for uni-CPU workstations, and is pretty much the same a an Athlon FX.
With the Opterons, you can go dual. So if the application (or soon game ??) can use multiple processors, they are faster. If not, just keep F@H running on the other one to help cure cancer ! And they are dependable, reliable, and more money generally.Originally posted by: Czar
Originally posted by: Calin
The Opterons are workstation and server processors, not desktop processors. The Athlon 64FX is the desktop processor (and it is almost just like an Opteron)
Calin
whats the difference between a workstation and a desktop?
Originally posted by: Czar
Originally posted by: Calin
The Opterons are workstation and server processors, not desktop processors. The Athlon 64FX is the desktop processor (and it is almost just like an Opteron)
Calin
whats the difference between a workstation and a desktop?
Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Workstation:
High end PC that people use because thier job depends on having a fast reliable PC. They're willing to fork over cash for it.
Desktop:
Any PC that doesn't fit the above description, expected life span: 5 years tops.