Author: Slater Wold
Date: 21:16:32 02/09/04
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On February 09, 2004 at 23:27:11, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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. I read for over an hour on AMD's website, and I can find no differences, except the Opteron is 1.2v and the FX51 ia 1.5v.
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