Athlon4400 vs. Opteron175
Athlon4400 vs. Opteron175
I'm fearing that this might reveal just what a newby I am, but what exactly is the difference between Athlon 64 4400+ and an Opteron 175? Price wise they are similar, they are both dual-core processors and the speed and cache sizes are identical.
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Opteron's are server chips.......Normally they are for dual or quad CPU servers. But AMD released the "1" series which work with s939 boards.
They are only officially supported by the likes of Tyan mobos
No desktop mobo maker will officially support them, but they still work
They tend to OC higher than X2's with lower voltage and have a stronger memory controller......basically they "the cream of the crop" from AMD.
They used to be cheaper than X2's but because of demand they are now harder to get.
FZ1 has a few of them......too...
They are only officially supported by the likes of Tyan mobos
No desktop mobo maker will officially support them, but they still work
They tend to OC higher than X2's with lower voltage and have a stronger memory controller......basically they "the cream of the crop" from AMD.
They used to be cheaper than X2's but because of demand they are now harder to get.
FZ1 has a few of them......too...
So apart from their intended market, is there any architectural difference. I did notice that the Opteron's default voltage is a little lower than the equivalent Athlon.kenc51 wrote:They are only officially supported by the likes of Tyan mobos. No desktop mobo maker will officially support them, but they still work
Are there any motherboards that the Opteron will definitely not work in?
Price in the UK is more or less identical, and availability seems to be ok as well.
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There is NO architectural difference!!!!!
They are just better cores, so can run with lower voltage.....this is importand for servers.....servers run hot and 24/7 --> must never crash
I can't say if all mobos will work, but any of the main boards should do.....
I don't use them so can't say for sure.....
AFAIK any board that supports dual core will do
They are just better cores, so can run with lower voltage.....this is importand for servers.....servers run hot and 24/7 --> must never crash
I can't say if all mobos will work, but any of the main boards should do.....
I don't use them so can't say for sure.....
AFAIK any board that supports dual core will do
I have one in a Asus Nforce4 A8N5x board and have had no problems. I'm windows 64 so I'm running into a bit of a problem finding some drivers for like my printer and my web cam but at default settings, i was running Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 with a Vista 5308 bulid on it (with 512 Mb of ram) Media player 10 (playing music) and Unreal tournament 2004 all running at the same time.
They are basically the cream of the AMD crop for the reasons Ken states above. However, some Opterons don't OC much better than their Athlon brothers...like anything, it's a crap shoot.kenc51 wrote:There is NO architectural difference!!!!!
They are just better cores, so can run with lower voltage.....this is importand for servers.....servers run hot and 24/7 --> must never crash
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Re: Athlon4400 vs. Opteron175
The objective with Opteron(UP) S939 dual-core here is to break(or reach) that 3.0Ghz barrier which is impossed on nearly every Ahtlon X2 with standard sub-zero cooling.
Currently the Opteron(UP) 170 has the best chance of breaking that 3.0Ghz barrier relatively-lesser cooling.
Currently the Opteron(UP) 170 has the best chance of breaking that 3.0Ghz barrier relatively-lesser cooling.
