Is Anand planning on reviewing the Opteron 246?

[meson2000]

I was just wondering since AMD officially launched the processor and Anandtech is
pretty quick on getting reviews out on new processors. (Except the Athlon 3200+ review
they skipped) The only review I have seen on the 246 has been AMDZone and I was
hoping on getting a more independent review. Thanks!

 

[Peter D]

id also like to see a reive of the 246 model, possibly against a 3.2 p4 as well

 

[dullard]

I'd assume Anandtech will lump this together in another review. There is nothing different or new with the Opteron 246, so there is nothing really to review (other than saying it is a few % faster than the last version). It very well will be the same as the 3200+ review which was lumped in with the 3.2 GHz P4 review.

By the way, where is the 246 in stock? I see only one company - one which has a bad reputation of not really having items in stock.

 

[stevejst]

By the way, where is the 246 in stock?

Nowhere. In AMDzone, i.e. in AMD Disneyland.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: stevejst

By the way, where is the 246 in stock?

Nowhere. In AMDzone, i.e. in AMD Disneyland.

Um..try Monarch Computer Systems http://www.monarchcomputer.com/ which has them in stock and also has a 8.99 Lifetime Rating and a 9.81 6 Month rating.

Maybe if you didn't let your fanboyism blind you for two seconds you could see that they're available there.

 

[stevejst]

That is either yesterday or today. First appearance apparently. Good luck buying it, I see benchmarks coming everywhere.

 

[ethebubbeth]

yeah... will be interesting to see how it scales as the clock speed increases.

 

[Richdog]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: stevejst

By the way, where is the 246 in stock?

Nowhere. In AMDzone, i.e. in AMD Disneyland.

Um..try Monarch Computer Systems http://www.monarchcomputer.com/ which has them in stock and also has a 8.99 Lifetime Rating and a 9.81 6 Month rating.

Maybe if you didn't let your fanboyism blind you for two seconds you could see that they're available there.

gimp

 

[Corporate Thug]

can someone explain the numbering system?

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: stevejst

By the way, where is the 246 in stock?

Nowhere. In AMDzone, i.e. in AMD Disneyland.

Um..try Monarch Computer Systems http://www.monarchcomputer.com/ which has them in stock and also has a 8.99 Lifetime Rating and a 9.81 6 Month rating.

Maybe if you didn't let your fanboyism blind you for two seconds you could see that they're available there.

That was the one store I mentioned. Monarch is a good company, but they have a tendancy to backorder things they claimed were in stock...

 

[Shimmishim]

Originally posted by: stevejst
That is either yesterday or today. First appearance apparently. Good luck buying it, I see benchmarks coming everywhere.

do you have an obsession with benchmarks???

man...

 

[Swanny]

Originally posted by: shady06
can someone explain the numbering system?

Opteron ABC

A= Number of processors supported in multiprocessing.
B= As far as I know an arbitrary number
C= Performance realitive to other Opterons of the same line. So a 242 is the slowest and a 246 is the fastest right now.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: Swanny

Originally posted by: shady06
can someone explain the numbering system?

Opteron ABC

A= Number of processors supported in multiprocessing.
B= As far as I know an arbitrary number
C= Performance realitive to other Opterons of the same line. So a 242 is the slowest and a 246 is the fastest right now.

thanx

 

[stevejst]

do you have an obsession with benchmarks???

Yes to be frank. I believe I am not the only one here with that obsession.

 

[Shimmishim]

Originally posted by: stevejst

do you have an obsession with benchmarks???

Yes to be frank. I believe I am not the only one here with that obsession.

okay! just wondering

as long as you are not a closet benchmarker...

 

[Jeff7181]

Actually... AMD explains it like this...

Opteron XYY

X = number of CPU's supported
YY = performance rating... so far there's 40, 42, 44, and 46... (1.4, 1.6, 1.8, and 2.0 Ghz)

 

[mechBgon]

Silly people... you overlooked Newegg! They've even got some of the 800-series (and 100-series).

 

[digitalsm]

Yep now Newegg has them.