Author: Bo Persson
Date: 13:32:32 09/02/03
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On September 02, 2003 at 16:24:22, Russell Reagan wrote: >In an IRC channel today, there was some confusion as to whether to Opteron and >the Athlon64 are the same thing or not. As I understand it, the Opteron is the >server class version, and the Athlon64 is the single user version. > >If they are different, what is different about them? I am looking for specifics, >such as cache size, and that sort of thing. I was able to find this information >about the Opteron on AMD's website, but nothing along these lines regarding >Athlon64. AMD hasn't officially released any Athlon64s yet. They will on the 23rd. Here is some unofficial info in the meantime http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11339 Seems like we might get both an Athlon 64 and an Athlon FX, the latter of which actually *is* a relabelled Opteron. > >Which would be preferable for computer chess? Cost-wise of performance-wise? :-) Bo Persson
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