Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:27:11 02/09/04
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On February 09, 2004 at 23:02:58, Slater Wold wrote: >On February 09, 2004 at 22:52:12, robert flesher wrote: > >>Hi just wondering the differnce between the Athlon,Fx51 versus the Opteron148 or >>248. I know that 248 supports 1-2 processors where the 148 is a single >>processor. The price on the 148 matches the FX51, so could anyone explained the >>difference. I have been an Intel user all these years but i have heard great >>things about AMD lately.. Cheers~ > >The 248 is more expensive than the FX51 (by over $100). I cannot even find a >148. > >You'll have to go Opteron if you want to go dual. > >The FX51 has better memory features, and will run games, and other memory >intensive applications better. But for computer chess, the 248 and the FX51 >will do the exact same numbers. I don't claim to be an AMD expert, but I am not sure that is true. The opteron has a bus that is 2x as wide as the fx51, or so I have heard. That makes a difference in bandwidth.
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