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Subject: Re: 64 FX vs Opteron 2.2Ghz

Author: Rajen Gupta

Date: 02:16:25 12/09/03

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sorry; i forgot to mention your name as an AMD expert, which you undoubtedly
are! your optimised quake DLL have been reported every where on the internet!

have you started experimenting with the Athlon 64/FX yet to make them into ultra
fast chips yet?

On December 08, 2003 at 20:57:43, Aaron Gordon wrote:

>I would have to disagree... when the Athlon XP 2600+ (166/333fsb version) was
>coming out he incorrectly misreported it as 2133MHz instead of the 2083MHz which
>it is run. I even emailed him about it.. but.. of course he though I was crazy.
>I even told him to get 2133MHz with a 166MHz fsb would require a 12.8x
>multiplier. This does not and will not exist. Few days later the tech docs come
>out proving it is 2083MHz and he instantly changes the article from "Athlon XP
>2600+ 2133MHz 333fsb released!!" to "Athlon XP 2600+ 2083MHz 333fsb released!!".
>
>My point being.. the only x86 chips with non-standard (standard being whole and
>half numbers, ie. 1.5x, 2.0, 2.5, 15.0, 13.5, etc) multipliers were some of the
>revised AMD K5 chips (PR133 and 166 for example). Every chip before and since
>used standard multipliers. This is a simple, widely known thing and if he
>doesn't know something like that IMHO he shouldn't be an editor in chief of a
>page such as that.
>
>On December 08, 2003 at 16:06:04, Rajen Gupta wrote:
>
>>the most extensive tester and one of the most knowledgable persons about AMD
>>processors is Chris Tom of http://www.amdzone.com/ besides being quite prompt
>>with relies to queries:
>>
>>worth dropping him an email!
>>
>>December 08, 2003 at 09:44:40, Slater Wold wrote:
>>
>>>Does anyone have any comparisons on performance between the 64FX-51 (2.2Ghz) and
>>>the Opteron 2.2Ghz?
>>>
>>>Anyone know the difference(s)?
>>>
>>>TIA!



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