They are talking about replacing the slower existing Opterons with faster dual-core Opterons to take it upto 100 Tflops! http://news.com.com/Sandia+supercomputer+to+get+dual-core+Opterons/2100-7337_3-5289251.html Yousuf Khan -- Humans: contact me at ykhan at rogers dot com Spambots: just reply...

In the motherboard/CPU combos listed under pricewatch.com, most of the ones with AMD Athlon 64 3800+ processors are clocked at 1.8GHz, instead of 2.4GHz. Is this because of limitations in the motherboard, RAM, cooling, etc.? Thanks for reading, Russell

Just about to upgrade. Most common brands here are Asus, Gigabyte and MSI. Any problems with these? Any preferences? Thanks -- Derek

I'm a very experienced computer system builder :D But so far all systems I've built are around the Athlon XP 32-bit ones. Never touched any 64-bit stuff. So could anyone (preferably those who has a 64-bit AMD and had used an AMD 32-bit CPU/mobo) point out the most important things I need to know...

I'd had some luck overclocking the FX-51 (from 2200 - 2400) and am looking for others who have done so. I am using an ASUSTek SK8N motherboard with 2 Gig of memory. I would like to know what core voltage you have had the best results with. I have not been able to maintain 2400 for extended...

I'm a very experienced computer system builder :D But so far all systems I've built are around the Athlon XP 32-bit ones. Never touched any 64-bit stuff. So could anyone (preferably those who has a 64-bit AMD and had used an AMD 32-bit CPU/mobo) point out the most important things I need to know...

So are all s940 mobos compatible with s939 chips? I haven't seen any s939 mobos and only a handful of s940s. Where are the new boards? -- =__ __ __ _ __ _= Andrew Krieg - Software Engineering Consultant = =_ __ _ __ _ _ __= = =_ _ _ ___= ...

Greets Fitz, When you answered my question about a single hard drive on the SATA RAID controller, you mentioned that I should have opted for some PC3500 memory over the PC3200 memory that I had ordered. Well, you were right, because the Corsair sticks will not run stable at CAS 2 (as it comes...

You told someone on this NG that they were spreading rumors, ok? go to alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64 and look for a post by me. (grin)

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Anyone got a nice article that compares the two? I know opteron is for servers, and fx for multimedia/gaming, but I'd like to see a comparison of the two, including value for money. Thanks Martin

I'm thinking about getting an HP zv5000z series notebook with an Athlon 64 3400+. Does anyone in the NG have one of these, how do you like it? Also are there any Linux compatibility problems? One final question, I vaguely recall reading something about HP selling systems with a castrated AMD64...

I don't know if this is well known or not but AMD has used different criteria in giving the Sempron line of cpu's its PR numbers. So don't buy a Sempron 3100+ expecting it to be faster than an Athlon 64 3000+. Because it's nowhere close to as fast. AMD ommitted a bunch of the benchmarks used for...

Do any of the 939 pin motherboards support ECC?. The 939 pin A64 supports ECC but none of the motherboards seem to mention it and the Crucial site says no ECC for the MSI and Gigabyte boards. I don't see why they would have left an important feature like ECC off since it's essentially free. Is...

Hey there, I have an Athlon64 3000+ sitting in a Chaintech ZNF3-250 Motherboard. What I'm woundering is, if anyone knows if there is an decent 3rd party CPU temp monitor program for that board. I tried out MBM 5 with the latest updates but in only officially supports the ZNF3-150, and when...

Does anybody know a group or a server with groups on AMD64 Assembly programming? Thanx

It seems to me like socket 754 is on its way out, to be replaced by sockets 939/940. From what I've read it is already at the limit of its capabilities, while sockets 939/940 have a lot more potential left. I was considering upgrading my system to a 64-bit processor, but it doesn't seem like 754...

My new athlon XP system just got fried.. I have some questions. I've heard the Athlon64 3200+ can beat a P4 3.2 EE in most tests. Is this true, and is there any reason why one would buy the P4 over the A64 other than bias? Also, i'm a bit confused now.. I see A64 3200+ listed at pricewatch.....

Ed, I feel so silly. I told you that the Chaintech VNF3-250 motherboard didn't support Cool n Quiet. That is what the tech support guy at Chaintech told me. However, I just found Cool N Quiet in the BIOS under Power Options (or some such) This is new to the BIOS dated 7/29/2004 that I posted...

Hi all, Another temperature related question. Reading back through this group I can see there has been much discussion regarding this. Anyway I have an AMD 64 3200 with a Gigabyte K8NS Pro motherboard and the CPU runs at 60-65 degrees when nothing (apart from windows) is running. Give the CPU...