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Demon8
06-26-2006, 07:33 AM
Which is better, I'm not sure whuch way I want to go for VT5. Can I get some feed back from the community on both sides?
wvp
06-26-2006, 08:22 AM
According to at least one dealer, Opterons are currently the better choice. In about a month Intel will be releasing some new chips that have the promise of taking over.
Captain Obvious
06-26-2006, 08:25 AM
According to at least one dealer, Opterons are currently the better choice. In about a month Intel will be releasing some new chips that have the promise of taking over.
In a month? The Woodcrest is supposed to be released today*! :thumbsup:

*june 26th
Brian Peterson
06-26-2006, 09:19 AM
Unless Intel has redesigned their FSB to be like AMDs then the Opterons will still rule!
Captain Obvious
06-26-2006, 09:51 AM
Unless Intel has redesigned their FSB to be like AMDs then the Opterons will still rule!
Not necessarily. I don't really know what makes VT tick, but Intel's new CPUs have much better SSE performance than the Opterons. They also have more cache and a few other advantages. The only way I can see the Opteron really beating the Woodcrests, is if the application only really cares about memory latency.