AMD Quad-Core Opteron (Barcelona) Tech Report

crazyeyes writes "AMD has been very tardy with Barcelona. Countless AMD fans have eagerly awaited a new processor. As the day draws closer, TechARP takes a look at the upcoming quad-core AMD Opteron. Is there more to it than just its four processing cores? Will it be the Intel-killer that AMD promised long ago? From the article: 'AMD is in the same boat as ATI. Delays after delays of their long-awaited Barcelona core not only ensured the dominance of their rival, Intel, in the desktop processor market, it also ensured that Intel would be the only choice for those who want a quad-core processor. Although that wait will end in August, 2007 when the Barcelona is finally launched, it remains to be seen if AMD's new processor will be able to inflict serious damage to Intel's dominance.'"

Comments

Re:That's what you get...

[Windowser]

Which is why the big boys run serious 64-bit OSs: RHEL, SLES, Solaris, Windows 2003.

You lost all credibility when you included Windows 2003 in that phrase.

Re:Better quad-core how?

[LuSiDe]

Intel can stuff two dual core dies in a package and still not exceed the TDP of AMD's FX series.

1) However, AMD's FX series have a far lower idle W (9 versus 35 on Intel, or something).
2) If you use AMD's X2/EE versions your TDP gets far lower (whereas cost of CPU increases by merely a couple of bucks). If you use X2/EE/SFF you get a TDP of 35W.
3) Price/performance wise, AMD is still a clear winner, hands down.