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Subject: Re: Fx51 Versus Opteron...Considering buy AMD this time some suggests?

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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