Opteron or xeon? 2005-04-05 - By kim aldis
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As I understand it, 64 is available as a download right now. I think it's
still officially in beta bu apparently this release is pretty close to the
done deal.
> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: owner-xsi@(protected)
> [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of Rob Wuijster
> Sent: 05 April 2005 11:34
> To: XSI@(protected)
> Subject: RE: Opteron or xeon?
>
> From what I'm keep reading the Opterons are very fast,
> especially with rendering. And with the =soon %\= to be
> released Windows XP 64 bit you might even add some extra
> memory management in there.
> According to all the pressmaterial they rendered most of "Sin
> City" on AMD Opteron, so you could argue it's not that bad ;)
> I've got a couple of dual Athlons running over here, and
> they're very stable and fast. No complaints in that area.
>
> rob
>
> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: owner-xsi@(protected)
> [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of Matt Lowery
> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 9:42 AM
> To: xsi@(protected)
> Subject: Opteron or xeon?
>
> Hi all,
>
> just thought I'd ask before I make my choice. The situation is this...
> I'm planning on buying a render PC for my desk top set-up, so
> I'm faced with two options, dual Opteron or dual xeon. So if
> anyone can give me any advice as to witch would perform
> better with xsi 4.2 a dual opteron
> 1.8 ghz or a dual xeon 2.8 D. The price difference is not
> much but I'm going to be running Windows so I know I won't be
> making the most of the opteron but such is life, and for some
> reason I can't get hold of a dual
> K7 mother board so dual Athlons is out of the question.
>
> Anyway thanks for any advice,
> m@
>
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