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Direct Comparison X2 3800 vs Opteron 170
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As I stated in your other thread, my X2 3800 overclocks far more than my 170 (although I was a bit unlucky in getting a poor clocking 170 
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As sgoaty says, the recent batch of 3800s have been clocking very well and are good bang for the buck.
My 3800 makes up for the lack of cache by overclocking 250MHz faster than my 170 (stable). It does the same F@H WUs faster than the 170, so performs better too.
Stan
).As sgoaty says, the recent batch of 3800s have been clocking very well and are good bang for the buck.
My 3800 makes up for the lack of cache by overclocking 250MHz faster than my 170 (stable). It does the same F@H WUs faster than the 170, so performs better too.
Stan
In contrast to Bigstan I can get my Oppy stable at 2.75GHz where I could only get my 3800 @ 2.6GHz stable (Bench stable under XP)
Whether it is worth the money is a hard call.
If you can afford it you may as well get the Oppy170
Whether it is worth the money is a hard call.
If you can afford it you may as well get the Oppy170