VIA K8T800 Chipset Preview - Dual Opteron in Action

Mr.Tweak writes "It has been a long time coming but we are finally reaching the beginning stages of 64-bit mainstream computing. AMD has been the first to bring a 64-bit processor to the market with any true support in the Opteron. VIA is one of the key chipset companies supporting AMD64 and today TweakTown takes a preview look at their new K8T800 chipset with AMD Opteron 242 and 244 processors. 64-bit computing is boarding - don't miss the train!"

Comments

Yes, but...

[Sir Haxalot]

64-bit computing is boarding - don't miss the train!
I'll get on the train when the fare is a bit less.

Re:Yes, but...

[G-funk]

2 x 32-bit equals 1 x 64-bit, right?

Only if you work for atari.

Does this mean

[Anonymous Coward]

I can run this program without segfaulting?

main(){malloc(sizeof(cowboyneal)); }

Ever seen one of those high speed trains derail?

[Anonymous Coward]

I'll stick to steam. Now only does it make a good chugga chugga noise like trains should but it also helps warm up the earth..

Overclocking, tweaking, overclock, tweak

[dorlthed]

Does anyone else think this site is a little weird? "PGA or Pin Grid Array can be separated into two parts: the first being Pin, which in this case is the small metal pins we see coming from the bottom of the processor and the other is the Grid Array." Well bless my stars! Who knew?!

Re:Overclocking, tweaking, overclock, tweak

[dorkus1138]

Did you notice that their lovely benchmarks compare only Opterons? Good grief! Give me a base case for a good comparison, I don't keep specs of my computer in my head all the time dammit. These guys have always been idiots. They had a review of a mouse pad once that was supposed to be a better surface for your roller mouse. They used an optical mouse for the review. Hey, here it is: http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dType=review &dId=28

Spooky Slashdot tagline...

[Zocalo]

Just got to the bottom of the thread and what do I found for the Slashdot tag:

#if _FP_W_TYPE_SIZE < 32 #error "Here's a nickle kid. Go buy yourself a real computer." #endif -- linux/arch/sparc64/double.h

So, the Slashdot Oracle is endorsing Sparc over Opteron? To hear is to obey, Master! ;)

MySql slashdotted

[lateralus]

From the Web site:

Warning: mysql_connect(): Too many connections in /home/httpd/vhosts/tweaktown.com/httpdocs/temp...

Welcome to the Slashdot effect. Maybe their servers need to be runnning dual Opertons?

STOP You evil /. readers

[Anonymous Coward]

I've been drooling for months, saving for an AMD 64 bit system. I MUST READ!

Stop overloading this website NOW!

The power of my mighty Irken fist commands you. Obey the fist!

I allready rode the train.

[jgarland79]

I allready rode the 64bit train to DEC Alphaville and back.

Re:"Finally"? The Opteron doesn't even come close

[cosmo7]

It's like they've made two clones of that Iraqi information minister
and one of them's a Mac zealot and the other's a PC zealot.

Re:PlayStation 2 CPU was not first, but earlier.

[Glonoinha]

Bah! I had a Commodore 64 in the early 80's and not only was it a Commodore 64 (note : the earliest use of the numbers 64 in a computer name) it also had 65,536 bytes of memory. 65,536 - you see that? Big numbers. Way bigger than anything I have seen in this whole thread. I have seen some 244's, some 1.8's, some 2.4's, some 32's and some 128's, but this machine was a monster with 65,536. Connected to other computers at 300 baud. Not the puny 28.8 or 33.6 or even 56.7 you read about today, or even the dedicated 128 or 256 lines - or even the wickedly overpriced 1.544 T1 lines that everybody dreams about ... a hard core 300!

Also held the record for most machines ever sold, at the time anyways. The biggest, and the mostest. Commodore 64. Accept no substitutes.