 | | | Opteron or xeon? | Opteron or xeon? 2005-04-05 - By nickw@(protected)
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Quoting kim aldis <kim@(protected)>:
> 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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Go for the opterons...they are future proofed. The xp64bit public beta is
closed, but I think it comes out at the end of this month. See planetamd64.com
Nick
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