A64 3700 754 v's Opteron 148

[MoNkEyMiKeY]

Im thinking of upgrading and wondered what the opteron 148 is like campared to my A64 3700 754 chip. Im really in the dark when it comes to these opteron chips. Whats so special about them if theres anything special about them?

 

[deadeyedic30]

The Opteron is 939 so unless you are getting a new mobo as well it won't work. They are just better chips, come with 1Mb cache and overclock rather well(depending on setup).

 

[MoNkEyMiKeY]

I know about the pins.Just need to know performance.

 

[deadeyedic30]

What speed does the 3700 754 run at, is it 2.4Ghz, the Opteron runs at same speed as 3700 939, 2.2Ghz.
If so then there will be little if any increase in the move, sure you get dual channel memory but it could be offset by the speed decrease.

 

[MoNkEyMiKeY]

Im not too bothered aslong as its close to what i have at the moment. Anyway I have taken the plunge and purchased

3700 754 runs at 2.4ghz and has 1mb cache

 

[deadeyedic30]

I did something simialir this morning and called Ocuk about a B Grade Opteron 148, ended up ordering an FX55 from the clearance section. Instead of spending about £140 i spent £360. Just as well pay day is this Friday.

 

[pastymuncher]

My 3700+ Clawhammer will hit 2.795ghz and most of them are good overclockers so you might have wasted your money on a new rig for nothing.

 

[MoNkEyMiKeY]

Ive just payed for that have to wait and see if I get it. Bought things through there before and they take money and dont send cos someone beats you to it.

 

[MoNkEyMiKeY]

Didn't realise they finally brought out the 754 SLi boards ohwell Whats it perform like? What you reckon I can get for my 3700 then?

An dits not really a waste becuase I can't go higher then the 3700 on 754. So now I will have the option in the future to go up.

 

[pastymuncher]

It performs very very well. Got mine back in November and am very happy with it. I can play any of my games at 1600x1200@100hz with all the bells and whistles turned on. Benchmark wise i get this lot:-

3dmark03

3dmark05=11824 marks

3dmark06=6065 marks

Aquamark3 91001 points.

Price wise i have seen them going at auction for up to £150 but i have'nt seen one for a while and they seem to be very scarce nowadays. I can't find any in any of the UK etailors so you might even break through that amount. Not that long ago though another etailor was selling the OEM version for £110.

Don't forget that 939 is being replaced by the none too spectacular AM2 soon and support for 939 ends in at the end of the year while 754 will live on for a further year beyond that. Actually may be time to move over to the dark side (Intel) by then if Conroe is as good as it is supposed to be. It looks like at the moment AMD has no answer for it.

 

[MoNkEyMiKeY]

Its getting ridiculous to keep up these days

 

[MoNkEyMiKeY]

your bottom 2 links are messed up.

 

[MoNkEyMiKeY]

My 3700 is a retail chip still got box and all bits and peices and reciept. and never used the supplied HSF. Absolute mint and never OCed the chip for long. Im more of a stock runner

 

[pastymuncher]

Sorry about that. Sorted now.