Kinda Hot! - AMD opteron Price drops!!

[FlintBlade]

So amd is dropping the prices of their opterons as well!!.

http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/2702_large_opty_1.png

Not sure if this was posted or whether its hot or not.

[gves02]

very hot!!

[DarkReaper]

AM2 or 939?

[tmash]

Sorry guys, a little off topic, but whats the difference between Opteron and Athlon? Which is better? Thanks

[bug]

Vendors in the US have already dropped their prices. Checkout the prices at newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?N=2010340343+50001028+1050706979&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=343
I don't see any drops at Canadian shops yet though.

[madman604]

Sorry guys, a little off topic, but whats the difference between Opteron and Athlon? Which is better? Thanks

Opteron is better. usually more overclockable and have 1 MB cache vs the regular 512mb.

opteron is usually used in server applications and not all mobos can use them, MOST can, not all.

opterons run a little hotter tho.

[xwar]

awesome

[aWG]

That's awesome. I'm in the market for a new machine soon (as soon as the DX10 cards come out). Now, I usually do the research myself, but I'm not lucking into any good information on opteron boards and the numbering system of their processors.

Anyone got some good links for figuring out opteron configurations? Like good Dual-socket motherboards, and what's the best bang for buck in terms of processors?

Much thanks to anyone who can provide.

[SLee]

That's awesome. I'm in the market for a new machine soon (as soon as the DX10 cards come out).
Right now, if you are buying a new system and require new memory, then a Core 2 Duo based system is what you should purchase.

[Cisco KId]

S939 is far from dead imho, one can put a pretty screaming system together, and for die hard single core cpu gamers FX55 can be had for under 200 CA OEM new

Prices are nice and if I was buying or wanting a cheap system you can put an Opteron AMD together real cheap in S939 or AM2. Intel prices also have dropped as well since C2 Duo launched, , we all benefit!

[K10]

S939 is far from dead imho, one can put a pretty screaming system together, and for die hard single core cpu gamers FX55 can be had for under 200 CA OEM new

Prices are nice and if I was buying or wanting a cheap system you can put an Opteron AMD together real cheap in S939 or AM2. Intel prices also have dropped as well since C2 Duo launched, , we all benefit!

I don't know who would be idiotic enough to drop $200 FX55 when one can spend a bit more for a low-end core2 duo. S939 is only attractive at this point on $85 A64 3000+ with cheap ram, FX55 has very little headroom to surpass 3Ghz..zzzzzz still buying 130nm cpu when 65nm exist for almost a year, for $200. :lol:

AMD isn't as cheap as the $50 Tbred days, so I wouldn't call them nice price. They are just competitive at low-end until the core2 celeron.

[Cisco KId]

I don't know who would be idiotic enough to drop $200 FX55 when one can spend a bit more for a low-end core2 duo. S939 is only attractive at this point on $85 A64 3000+ with cheap ram, FX55 has very little headroom to surpass 3Ghz..zzzzzz still buying 130nm cpu when 65nm exist for almost a year, for $200. :lol:

AMD isn't as cheap as the $50 Tbred days, so I wouldn't call them nice price. They are just competitive at low-end until the core2 celeron.

well what I meant is for those who are still die hard amd fans and love to overclock on air the FX is still a great chip, even being single core it still can play anything a gamer wants and most run an easy 3 on air.

Would I buy one? Prolly not, but ther are those who still say (believe) single core is best for gaming, personally I would not buy anything but a dual core whether that be AMD or Intel, bottom line is any fast (2.4ghz) S754 and Sxxx and on can play anything fine and run any program fine with a decent v card, We are all just buying into the "hype"


Heck a Tbread A at 2.6 can play it all today with a 800XT and 2GB ram

[fuj_duong]

I'm opting (pun not intended) for a Pentium D 805 with a Kentsfield compatible motherboard. seems to be best choice to leave room for some upgrades...

[K10]

well what I meant is for those who are still die hard amd fans and love to overclock on air the FX is still a great chip, even being single core it still can play anything a gamer wants and most run an easy 3 on air.

Would I buy one? Prolly not, but ther are those who still say (believe) single core is best for gaming, personally I would not buy anything but a dual core whether that be AMD or Intel, bottom line is any fast (2.4ghz) S754 and Sxxx and on can play anything fine and run any program fine with a decent v card, We are all just buying into the "hype"


Heck a Tbread A at 2.6 can play it all today with a 800XT and 2GB ram

Even the die-hard AMD crowds do not buy FX, only benchers do. Upper multi are so useless I wouldn't pay a cent on it. And unforunately, FX55 is not an easy 3Ghz, only an easy 2.8.

I have to disagree with you again. Tbread, whether A/B is too useless at the end of its life cycle, now? :twisted: They are too weak to play smoothly on UT2004.

[aWG]

Well I know Core2 Duo is the leader in performance for single chip. But I'm thinking of actually getting two dual core chips, hence my interest in the opterons and any information on them.

Also, I'm interested in an SLI or Crossfire setup. The Core2 Duo reviews I've seen seem to name the 965 chipset as the best (with the gigabyte being a popular choice) but it doesn't have two 16 lane PCI-e slots. Also heard bad reviews on the Intel SLI systems.

For those reasons, I'm thinking a new AMD board that supports SLI and has two sockets for opterons would be a good choice, considering the price drop. Although if the DX10 cards are slow coming, I'll probably wait til next year anyway.

[ShaTR]

well, its nice to see that AMD is realizing that people aren't stupid and 1mb cache chips don't aren't gonna be able to compete agains core 2, so their price should be dropped also.

as far as the deal is concerned, if you have a bad clocking 939 cpu, or really need the 1mb of L2, or have some RAM you don't want to give up, thats pretty much the only reason i see for upgrading to an opteron. othewise, core 2 is a much better bet. budget gaming rig title will still will be a $85 A64 3000 and a good clocking mobo (DFI NF4 ultra-d i would assume).

it really depends on where you coming from though. if you need a complete new system, obvously a core 2 system is the way to go. or even a D805 so that you can upgrade with the E4300 (the true allendale) is released (or celeron core 2 i guess). but if you want a simple upgrade and have the board and ram already, a single or dual core opty may make sence for you.

Performance wise for gaming, unless your running top of the line video cards, you won't see any real gains from a core2, and for most games, 1mb of L2 on a K8 doesn't do anything either.

personally, im not gonna be buying core 2 till E4300 is released. 800 FSB and a 8x multi stock ensure's good overclockability (assuming all else to be equal to its conroe counterpart) and a low price. and i don't think the lack of VT is a big deal either. and by then, the motherboard prices should be much lower, and, hopefully, DFI will have a LP version of 965/975/etc board out.

bottom line, it may be worth to some, and not to others. waaaaay to many possible senerio's to give a set answer. either way, i got a 939 board sittin here thats screaming to be used for something. and opty upgrade for my main rig and a hand-me-down 3200 for this board may just be in order. now i just gotta get BigToe to make a bios for a 270 fsb on this MSI K8NGM2 ;)

peace!

[FlintBlade]

it all depends on whether you like amd or conroe.