Considering Opterons

[Benton The Race]

Hey guys, I just learned about the Opteron CPU today. I have been under the impression that nothing can be the athlon, but I guess I am wrong. First off, I see these are great for OC'ing, and I am planning on OC'ing. Also I am planning on getting the 165 most likely because of the dual core support. Now for some questions.

1. How does the Opteron 165 stack up to the x2 3800+ gaming wise?

2. How are the 165's for OC'ing. What is the highest avergae OC on these?

3. Anything I should know about Opterons before I make a desicion on getting one compared to the x2?

This will be put in my future rig consisting of:

DFI lan party NF4 ultra
2GB(2x1GB) crucial ballistix
7800GTX
Segate barracuda 120gb
OCZ Powerstream

 

[J'Tok]

That's a Socket 939, right? 'Cause if it is, I'd say that an Opteron is fine.
If not, (i.e. if its a socket 940) then just know that it will need registered memory which costs more than regular memory.

also, look here:
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/50711/

Best O Luck!

P.S. Traditionally Opterons don't perform as well in gaming applications...But if you're gonna overclock it, then you might not notice a difference.
I'd wait and see what the others say and check out some benchmarks first though if I was you...

 

[Benton The Race]

Anyone else....I really need help here

 

[Baker_God]

well the 165 is slightly slower because of the lower clock speed, other than that its actually running better cores than that of the 3800 (1mb cache per core compared to the 3800's 512k). As for overclocking that would be based on your mobo I guess. You are going to need to hit some serious htt speeds to get anything signifigant as the 165 has a mulitplier of 9.

 

[GFreeman9]

2. How are the 165's for OC'ing. What is the highest avergae OC on these?

I will be getting mine soon and plan to OC. In addition, I started a Opteron (Denmark) OC thread: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=974911

 

[Benton The Race]

well the 165 is slightly slower because of the lower clock speed, other than that its actually running better cores than that of the 3800 (1mb cache per core compared to the 3800's 512k). As for overclocking that would be based on your mobo I guess. You are going to need to hit some serious htt speeds to get anything signifigant as the 165 has a mulitplier of 9.

DFI lan pary nf4 ultra is what I am planning on getting.

 

[(cf)Eclipse]

P.S. Traditionally Opterons don't perform as well in gaming applications...But if you're gonna overclock it, then you might not notice a difference.
I'd wait and see what the others say and check out some benchmarks first though if I was you...

not true, as they have identical architectures. even s940 opterons with the "slower" registered ram is still within 1-2% of the s939 a64 counterparts

 

[Benton The Race]

So, opterons are better because they have 1MB cache, and can be overclocked higher there fore they are the best buy?

 

[(cf)Eclipse]

So, opterons are better because they have 1MB cache, and can be overclocked higher there fore they are the best buy?

sorta. they're better than venice because of the 1mb cache, but for all practical and technical purposes, they are the same as san diego's, just cheaper

 

[J'Tok]

not true, as they have identical architectures. even s940 opterons with the "slower" registered ram is still within 1-2% of the s939 a64 counterparts

Can you show me a comparison?
I was just repeating what I'd been told/heard/seen/etc... but if you can show me something to the contrary that would be great.
I don't want to go around giving people bad info through ignorance, you know? That's one of the big problem with forums in my opinion (and believe you/me, I don't want to be one of those guys). lol

Thanks in advance!

- J'Tok