<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/11/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brian Wood</b> <<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>> wrote:</span></div>
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<div>Shouldn't that be "alluded to" ? I'm not trying to escape anything :-)</div></div></blockquote>
<div>Yeah! that's the right word. Thanks for the correction, I've been using it wrong for a long time. :(</div>
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<div>You have to look at the core type, as as well as the cache size. I also think that the Opterons don't support PowerNow, which might be important to somebody trying to build a quiet machine.</div></div></blockquote>
<div>I do like the cpudyn, I have it running on my Athlon64: 1000MHz unless I'm using the machine or doing something in the background. :)<br> </div>
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<div>Most Opterons are Socket 940, to allow for multiple CPUs on one motherboard (it's more complex than that but you get the idea I hope). The 165 is described as a "single CPU solution", hence the 939-pin socket.
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<div>Most socket 940 mobos are designed for servers and thus have things like 64-bit PCI slots for RAID cards, SCSI controllers and sometimes very basic graphics (who needs fast graphics on a server?).</div>
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<div>The 939-pin Opterons are sort of a mixed breed, but can be useful for some applications.</div></div></blockquote>
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<div>I just wonder how a single Opteron compares to an Athlon64 of the same frequency when running X, myth, transcode jobs, etc. According to MSI's website my motherboard can take either of the 939-pin breeds. When I upgrade my processor, I'd like to get the one more suited to the job I need. Basically, I wish I knew which one would be better for our application. I have yet to hear someone point to one processor as the one for a myth machine.
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<div>-Greg<br> </div><br>