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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 TheLink · · Score: 4, Funny

      "Pats Duron 1000".

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

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  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.

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

    Didn't I see this in an Evangelion episode?

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  5. 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...

  6. 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.

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

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

  8. 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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