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2-way Opetrons in gaming?

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deveraux

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Now I know that Opteron's weren't invented with gaming in mind but more for server applications and multi-procs. However, I was just wondering, if u did have 2-way opterons both connected up and running, will it really have zero impact on gaming or single-threaded applications in general? I mean, I would've thought that the OS would tend to divide up the tasks and spread them as evenly as possible across the two procs.

If there are any links (old/new) with benchmarks for dual opterons, could u pls let me know. I haven't quite been able to find them. Better still, if anyone has experience with these types of systems, could you pls let me know of your take on it.

Thanks!
 
"Now I know that Opteron's weren't invented with gaming in mind "



the fx is an opteron, so it could be argued they are BOTH for server and gaming hay. lol. I think software has to be written in games for it to take advantage, one of the problems of the up coming dual core cpu's, if theres no support then whats the point ?.

To answer your question I dont think it would make much of a difference, I could be wrong, I know theres a guy on here with a dual opteron set up in his sig.
 
Ok, I appologize, I meant the ones that can be linked 2-way. I'm pretty sure that the FX's and A64's can't be hooked up together.

The main reason I'm asking is just that I'm wondering if having 2 240 Opteron's on a system will speed it up significantly on single-threaded applications. I doubt having 2 240's will allow the pc to run 100% faster than only 1 240, but what kind of percentage increase are we talking about, that's more of a concern for me.
 
2 cpus are never 100% faster than one. even if everthing is perfect they still have to communicate so you could get close to 100% but never reach it. its definitely gonna speed up alil since windows is running in the background and stuff but im not sure how much. btw they didnt just build in a clock throttler to prevent the opteron 2xx to be worse than the 1xx in games so you can hardly argue that an fx is made for gaming and an opteron 2xx isnt. now if they would design games for dual opterons the gains would be huge i guess somwhere 60-80%. just a guess so dont quote me on that.
 
Another one of these threads eh?

Anyway, please do yourself a favor and get a better, single CPU. If you're gonna spend 600 dollars on a CPU, get a 3800+ instead, or a 3500+ for 250 dollars. A single A64 or FX will blow its equivalent Opteron out of the water, and since almost all games only run on a single CPU, you really won't see any performance increase with two CPUs. Unless you're going to be running 5 other high-CPU-usage apps along with your game, single CPU is the way to go.

Dual CPUs are made for programs that can take advantage of them, such as Photoshop, 3DStudioMax, video editing, graphics processing, etc. So unless you'll be doing any of those, or running full game servers, stick with one CPU. You'll save a lot of money and won't sacrifice any performance.
 
It should be noted though that once the dual core chips hit the market enforce, most apps will be patched or written to take advantage of SMP/SMT.
 
The FX is NOT an Opteron. The FX only has one active HTT link where the Opteron has 3.
 
Originally posted by: Markfw900
The FX is NOT an Opteron. The FX only has one active HTT link where the Opteron has 3.
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To add to that, on the 2 series Opteron 1 link is coherent and on the 8 series I think all 3 are coherent though only 2 are used.




 
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