New 800fsb Xeons...

[heavyharmonies]

So....

How do you think a dual rig with the new 2.8Ghz Xeons (800fsb, 1MB L2 cache, DDR2 support, E64MT) would compare to a dual Opteron 246 rig? They're approximately the same price...

According to the promo blurbs at Dell, the E64MT will allow these new Xeons to run 64-bit XP and other OS's:

...All Xeon processors available on the Dell PrecisionTM 470 and 670 workstations are Intel® EM64T-enabled and will support 64-bit extended operating systems, including Red Hat® Enterprise Linux WS v3 for Intel® EM64T at the time of Dell Precision Xeon platform launch and the 64-bit version of Microsoft XP when it becomes available in 2005.

So that takes away one upgrade factor. There's still the upgrade path to dual-core opterons coming down the pike...

-Dan

 

[Dman877]

Mmmmm.... dual xeons at 3.5 ghz (they oc well right?) w/HT and 64 bits... yum!

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

prescott based? might make a tab bit of heat!

the prescott isn't anything great,however, DDR2 is already shaping up to be very impressive. it will certain give the opterons a run for their money.

 

[Vette73]

To bad they can;t run 64bit yet. No OS for them. Only the opteron has a 64bit OS right now.

 

[imported_michaelpatrick33]

from what i have seen and heard from other forums with people i.e. developers that have used the Intel 64bit extensions said it is pretty lousy. DDR2 I think will only become a factor at the minimum 533 and more likely 667 level. AMD will create the dd2 cpu probably in mid 2005 when ddr2 800 reaaches the table. I have seen somewhere that AMD may release a 233 memory controller cpu, probably wrong, even though it is not JDEC. The 233 will be as fast if not faster than the 533 ddr2