3Ghz Opteron

deadeyedic30 · 12 Apr 2006 at 19:07

Anyone seen this ?

http://theinquirer.net/?article=30922

ted34 · 12 Apr 2006 at 19:27

have now

xiphrex · 12 Apr 2006 at 19:57

I doubt we will ever be able to compare Ghz for Ghz between Intel and AMD - they will always be different.

benjo plz. · 12 Apr 2006 at 20:00

Intel have taken up stupid numbers now.

WatchTower · 12 Apr 2006 at 20:55

I wonder if there will be a 3Ghz opty up for socket 939. We can but dream.

Explicit · 12 Apr 2006 at 22:48

Wonder whether it will clock well...and what about the price? :eek:

nikebee · 13 Apr 2006 at 00:35

just a note, these are socket 940 Opteron's they're talking about not the new 939 Opteron's that everyone is mad about

WatchTower · 13 Apr 2006 at 01:17

nikebee said:
just a note, these are socket 940 Opteron's they're talking about not the new 939 Opteron's that everyone is mad about

deadeyedic30 · 13 Apr 2006 at 08:53

It mentions the 156. I thought the 1 series were 939 ?

Otacon · 13 Apr 2006 at 10:03

Nope, there were "1's" on 940 before they were on 939 I believe, though I dont think they still do them.

ted34 · 13 Apr 2006 at 12:55

No there are s939 ones:

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_8826_9240,00.html

152 = 2.6ghz
154 = 2.8ghz (fx57)
156 = 3ghz

wonder what they clock to - bet they are crap clockers and dont come close to an fx57?

Soul Rider · 13 Apr 2006 at 14:01

ted34 said:
No there are s939 ones:

152 = 2.6ghz
154 = 2.8ghz (fx57)
156 = 3ghz

wonder what they clock to - bet they are crap clockers and dont come close to an fx57?

Do you mean in overclocking potential? I say that because the 3Ghz opteron is faster at stock than the FX57. Also these are server chips, so they have lower voltages and the like, i'm sure we'll see some good clockers, for those that can afford them anyway....

ted34 · 13 Apr 2006 at 15:49

Soul Rider said:
Do you mean in overclocking potential? I say that because the 3Ghz opteron is faster at stock than the FX57. Also these are server chips, so they have lower voltages and the like, i'm sure we'll see some good clockers, for those that can afford them anyway....

Obviously overclocking potential. also they use the same voltage as the other opterons and all opetrons are server chips. There will be the odd good one but i reckon it will be more like the old athlon xp cpu's where the 3200's didnt clock very high as they were already running near their limit. The 156's will still hit high clocks but doubt they will be any higher than some of the reallly good 148 opterons or fx57's. Until people start buying we wont know though

WatchTower · 13 Apr 2006 at 15:57

They're likely to cost over £800 I bet. I can't aford to spend that much on a full setup.

Naffa · 13 Apr 2006 at 18:25

Have there ever been Opterons with the multipliers unlocked like the FX series?

ajgoodfellow · 13 Apr 2006 at 18:35

deadeyedic30 · 13 Apr 2006 at 18:53

I wonder if they will be around come my Christmas bonus this year ?

ted34 · 14 Apr 2006 at 09:44

naffa said:
Have there ever been Opterons with the multipliers unlocked like the FX series?

Yes - a guy over at XS managed to get a couple unlocked from a relative working at amd. There is a way of unlocking them apparently by plugging them into a special made circuit (see xs) but no one seems to have managed it yet apart from amd although some of the geeks would have managed it by now if it was possible for everyday users

Otacon · 14 Apr 2006 at 09:55

ted34 said:
No there are s939 ones:

I meant the 940's

Solouko · 14 Apr 2006 at 12:29

are the FX processors good clocking athlon 64s and X2s with the multys unlocked or are they optys?

just a thought but if they're not opties... wouldnt it be good if AMD did actualy make FX optys?

or if mobo maunfacturers like Tyan got together with DFI to make multi prosessor 940 socket mobos designed for overclocking? *dreams* just imagin the power of 8 overclocked opty cores x_x *drooles* you can already get 4 opty cores on one tyan board with SLI but i dont think anyone's tried it for gaming yet =/