AMD Takes Opteron To 2.4GHz

EconolineCrush writes "AMD has added a series of Opteron x50 processors to its workstation and server line that push the K8 core up to 2.4GHz. The Tech Report has tested the latest single and dual-processor Opterons against more than 20 other processors, including exotic Pentim 4 Extreme Edition chips, affordable Athlon 64s, and everything in between. Even if you have no interest in AMD's latest workstation chips, the review is worth checking out to see how two dozen of the fastest workstation and PC processors stack up in rendering, scientific computing, speech recognition, and even gaming tests."

Comments

Re:Waste of time...

[troc]

Naah, it's Beleagued and Dying :)

Troc

Re:The Conclusion... Pimping

[BiggerIsBetter]

Look, when the article is headed "EconolineCrush writes "AMD has added a series of Opteron x50 processors to its workstation and server line that push the K8 core up to 2.4GHz. The Tech Report has tested the latest single and dual-processor Opterons against more than 20 other processors..." there are certain expectations. Did I go in looking for something useful? Yes. Did they deliver? No. They presented a broad range of benchmarks on joe-blow hardware, with little serious analysis. A single barracuda V drive in a professional workstation, especially one that's hitting the disk like some of these tests do? Um, no. It's hardly news for nerds they got going on there. Perhaps news for consumers would be appropriate. I can see from your previous posts that you're a TechReport fanboi and that's fine, but don't try and justify their consumer level report as something useful for IT professionals on Slashdot. They ran some mainstream Windows benchmarks and produced some graphs, and mused over the results - that's all.