Has any rich git bought an Opteron rig?

[Richdog]

Just wondering if anyone with oodles of cash has actually bought an opteron system yet, or has no-one gone overkill? If you have, how does it perform? :beer:

 

[Jeff7181]

No AGP slots yet, so it's a no go =)

 

[Richdog]

OHHHH but how come ive seen opteron benchmarks for 3D games then when ive browsed the web? I just presumed that theyd brought a new mobo out. Oh well, it was a nice thought... lol. :beer:

 

[Jeff7181]

They used a GeForce4 MX440... they make PCI versions of those. But the high end video cards are AGP only.

 

[Richdog]

DUH why I didnt think of that Ill never know, oh well im gonna go and stand in a corner and put my little hat on. Cheers Jeff. :beer:

 

[cow123]

nforce3 is out now i believe with agp slots......

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: cow123
nforce3 is out now i believe with agp slots......

I didn't think so... are they available to buy? Or was it just paper launched?

 

[cow123]

hmm well i have a vague recollection of some site selling them with opterons

edit: think linky may have very well have been on these forums, couple months or so ago though

 

[Icewind]

This is why you just wait and see on new technology,

But then again, some people have more money then they know what to do with. Must be nice...

 

[jcwagers]

X-bit Labs Opteron Nforce 3 review

 

[DAPUNISHER]

AMDZone review of Nvidia nForce 3 Pro 150 PM30 Sledgehammer WS

 

[Richdog]

YAY I thought Id seen it somewhere on my web-travels! Right all you rich people go buy one RIGHT NOW and tell us what theyre like! LOL :beer:

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
AMDZone review of Nvidia nForce 3 Pro 150 PM30 Sledgehammer WS

I don't think I trust that... they can't even get their article right... they say for one of the benchmarks that the Opteron beats the Athlon XP3200... when the charts shows differently.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
AMDZone review of Nvidia nForce 3 Pro 150 PM30 Sledgehammer WS

I don't think I trust that... they can't even get their article right... they say for one of the benchmarks that the Opteron beats the Athlon XP3200... when the charts shows differently.

Yeah, heaven forbid someone should have a typo Jeff

Even the most accredited and prestigious publications have a corrections/errors section every month

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
AMDZone review of Nvidia nForce 3 Pro 150 PM30 Sledgehammer WS

I don't think I trust that... they can't even get their article right... they say for one of the benchmarks that the Opteron beats the Athlon XP3200... when the charts shows differently.

Yeah, heaven forbid someone should have a typo Jeff

Even the most accredited and prestigious publications have a corrections/errors section every month

Somehow I doubt it will get corrected.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
AMDZone review of Nvidia nForce 3 Pro 150 PM30 Sledgehammer WS

I don't think I trust that... they can't even get their article right... they say for one of the benchmarks that the Opteron beats the Athlon XP3200... when the charts shows differently.

Yeah, heaven forbid someone should have a typo Jeff

Even the most accredited and prestigious publications have a corrections/errors section every month

Somehow I doubt it will get corrected.

Wanna bet? :evil:

 

[jonnyGURU]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
No AGP slots yet, so it's a no go =)

The Accelertech/RioWorks HDAMB Typhoon 64 has an 8X AGP slot courtesy of the AMD 8151 AGP tunnel. Nice board. Is available. Newegg or Microtech may be able to hook you up. If you're a reseller, contact Avnet.

 

[Cerb]

nm, I was beat to it, replied then read the posts

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
AMDZone review of Nvidia nForce 3 Pro 150 PM30 Sledgehammer WS

I don't think I trust that... they can't even get their article right... they say for one of the benchmarks that the Opteron beats the Athlon XP3200... when the charts shows differently.

Yeah, heaven forbid someone should have a typo Jeff

Even the most accredited and prestigious publications have a corrections/errors section every month

Somehow I doubt it will get corrected.

Wanna bet? :evil:

I'm not that concerned about it =) But you're welcome to PM me and let me know when it gets correted =)

 

[jarich]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
They used a GeForce4 MX440... they make PCI versions of those. But the high end video cards are AGP only.

It's not an upper high end card, but I have a GeForce FX 5200 (dual head) that's PCI in my system.


At NewEgg

 

[jarich]

Originally posted by: Richdog
Just wondering if anyone with oodles of cash has actually bought an opteron system yet, or has no-one gone overkill? If you have, how does it perform? :beer:

I was due for an upgrade and my company has a no-interest finance program and I had a side project that could use 2 cpus, so I got one! From Micro-Pro for $1,700 (no OS) and it runs very nicely. I'm only running a 32 bit OS on it (WinXP) so I'm sure I'm not taking full advantadge.

I added a GeForce FX 5200 (PCI) for gaming. It's got the Tyan motherboard... 2 gigs of memory... 400 gigs of HD (an 80 w/8 megs, a 200 w/8 megs and a 120 w/2 megs)....

The only real benchmark is the distributed.net client. It's running the RC5-72 project and pulling about 9,196,604 keys/s

 

[DivideBYZero]

I saw an Opteron OC news Item on Virtual hideout. They had a 1.8Ghz on LN2 for 2.2Ghz.

 

[DivideBYZero]

FOUND IT!

 

[Jeff7181]

I find it odd that it took liquid nitrogen to get it to 2.22 Ghz. I wonder if it was REALLY that hot, or if he was going for the "kryotech approach"

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
I find it odd that it took liquid nitrogen to get it to 2.22 Ghz. I wonder if it was REALLY that hot, or if he was going for the "kryotech approach"

I imagine the kryotech approach...AKA "Because I can!"