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Opteron Benchmarked Against Xeon

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the round-64 dept.

jbmnuke writes "Tom's Hardware has posted a review of AMD's Opteron v. Intels Xeon." Nothing gets the blood pumping like a whole new generation of CPUs to compare numbers to, right? Update: 04/22 12:35 GMT by H : And there's the official benchmarks as well, with more coming - like Linux Magazine and Newsforge

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  1. Bleh! by matttastic · · Score: 5, Funny

    It doesn't get my blood pumping, I can't afford such things (or cool them)! *Pats Duron 1000*

    1. Re:Bleh! by madmarcel · · Score: 4, Funny

      Neither can I :( <<pats crusty old Celeron 466>>

      But but but...given time, these things will be common as muck and we'll all have at least one.

      <nostalgia>
      Ah, I remember when 386's and 486's where top-notch stuff and hideously expensive..
      </nostalgia>

      NOW...I have a whole attic full of %^$#@#!* 286's, 386's and 486's and I wouldn't know what to do with them :o

      I have a dream...that one day I'll have an attic full of 'old' opterons and xeons....and I won't know what to do with them ;P

    2. Re:Bleh! by byolinux · · Score: 3, Funny

      Duron 1000 would make such a good name for an evil droid.

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    3. Re:Bleh! by Nighttime · · Score: 2, Funny

      NOW...I have a whole attic full of %^$#@#!* 286's, 386's and 486's and I wouldn't know what to do with them :o

      C'mon, this is /. Imagine a beowulf cluster of ... :)

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    4. Re:Bleh! by TheLink · · Score: 4, Funny

      "Pats Duron 1000".

      Free advice: do not pat more recent microprocessors with remaining hand ;).

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    5. Re:Bleh! by Citizen+of+Earth · · Score: 3, Funny

      It doesn't get my blood pumping, I can't afford such things (or cool them)!

      1. Open up case
      2. Point 12" desk fan at CPU, turn on full blast
      3. Duck, as dust is blown out of case

      Desk fans: Keep CPUs cool and cases dust-free.

  2. Well, that and... by subreality · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nothing gets the adrenaline pumping like the flood of trolls this sort of comparison should inspire.

    1. Re:Well, that and... by byolinux · · Score: 3, Funny

      ... also, someone's bound to point out that the IBM 970 is going to be a whole lot faster, and we Mac users will once again triumph! Wuh hah hah!

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  3. A 64-bit comparison by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    So they benchmarked Opteron's 64-bit operations against Xeon's 64-bit operations? ;-)

  4. Current Review: Xeon vs Opteron by Judg3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Next Review: Apples vs Oranges, Which has more of an Orange taste?

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  5. Opteron vs Xeon by mrgrey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Didn't I see this in an Evangelion episode?

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  6. haha by Vilim · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was right, I got this link off another website (amdforums.com), when I noticed it was slowing to a crawl I immediately thought "Slashdot". What do you know! first story :p

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  7. Blood pumping? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Nothing gets the blood pumping like a whole new generation of CPUs to compare numbers to, right?"

    I find sex better, whatever flicks your switch I guess...

  8. Hrm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nothing gets the blood pumping like a whole new generation of CPUs to compare numbers to, right?

    Seeing a naked girl is really going to blow your mind.

  9. Re:Not quite a fair comparison by dreamchaser · · Score: 4, Funny

    You expected an impartial comparison from THG? You must be new here.

  10. Re:Is it me... by MyGirlFriendsBroken · · Score: 2, Funny

    or is that Opteron, one HUGE processor?

    Pictures on computers can not possibly be to scale as we have different screen sizes and resolution, for instance, if you are looking at it on a project then it probably is you

    Conclusion: you

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  11. Re:IN SOVIET RUSSIA by The+Evil+Couch · · Score: 1, Funny

    not anymore. my advertising contract with them ran out. :(

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  12. Too bad their web server isn't running on it by MacroRex · · Score: 3, Funny

    Slashdotted after 20 comments, that was quicker than usual.

  13. Re:40 Watts by red_dragon · · Score: 3, Funny

    40 watts! Just 40 miserable watts! How can I cook an egg with just 40 watts?!?

    I won't be upgrading until I can cook a meal while playing UT.

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  14. Blood pumping by Sloppy · · Score: 4, Funny
    Wow, what an image: an alternative to water-cooled overclocking. Pray to Satan that your overclocked Opteron will work, sacrifice a goat, and cool the chip with the unholy-consecrated blood.

    Jarvik brand coolant pumps, Hellfire thermal paste, copper tubing with simulated brimstone anodized finish. And as for the cosmetic aspects of the case-modding, the thematic possibilities are endless. Start with this: Horns!!!

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  15. C64 by Beetjebrak · · Score: 2, Funny

    Commodity 64.. did anyone except myself read this as Commodore 64???

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  16. Re:Why don't they... by Sloppy · · Score: 2, Funny

    That was 16.5 years ago, not 10.

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