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AMD to Demo '8-socket' Dual-Core Opteron System
flynn_nrg writes "AMD will make the first public demonstration of a system built out of its dual-core processors today, the result of a strategy first made public almost a year ago. Two-core Opteron chips aren't due to ship until the middle of 2005, but AMD will have four of parts running inside an HP ProLiant DL585 server at its Austin plant later today."
4 procs, dual cores? Kickass. A short read on implementation differences between AMD64 & Intel's 64. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=17906
...and you've eaten your pen. simply stunning.
Not really. Opteron is part of HP's strategy for 64-bit computing everywhere.
The roadmap looks something like this:
- Tandem (NSK) will eventually turn to Itanium (as soon as lockstep is deployed and working fine);
- Alpha and PA-RISC will evolve into Integrity (Itanium2);
- Proliants (IA-32) will evolve into Opteron.
It's just that 32-bit computing is taking its last breath, and it's time to move on.
Now that looks like a smart move.
I have been building systems for some time, I have made many nForce3 systems and have never experienced any hdd or usb noise. Then again my company only sells performance cooled computers, could make a diffrence for sound seepage. I would recommend only using a 10K Sata Raptor drive, since they have been around it's all I use. The real world performance gain only relates to about 2K 3dmarks (3dmark2k1), however overall system speed and performance is greatly enhanced, especially if you are going to skimp and not put 1GB or more of RAM, that faster swap file is quite apparent. If your worried about losing HDD space get a DVD-RW drive at less then 70 bucks for a nice one, it only makes sense to store your stuff on a DVD anyway, for the performance boost.
On another note I should mention if you are into gaming the amd64 core does far more than a high end video card. Obviously the fusion of the two is stellar, however if you have to choose get the cheaper $100 video card and focus on the amd64 core (for all you skimpers out there) with at least 1GB of RAM, you will be very happy with the result.