A couple of questions on AMD Opterons

Pck21 · 03-26-2007, 10:05 PM

Hey all,

I have an outdated socket 939 board and I wanted to get a new processor. I don't want to upgrade to an AM2 just yet. I started looking around and noticed these Opterons that I've only known about but never really saw in action. Are these chips good for gaming and multitasking? What are they best used for? Can anyone tell me if they are ok for gaming?

**jimmymac** · 03-26-2007, 10:13 PM

opterons are wonderful overclockers, AMD stress test them a lot harder meaning the CPU wil generally take a little more.

A friend of mine recently bought an opteron 146, stock speed of 2.0ghz and currently running at 2.8ghz which in essence is FX-57 speeds.

He swapped out and AMD 4000+ to make the change and its showing improvement over that.

Plus side for me is getting the 4000+ for £20

thealmightyone · 03-26-2007, 10:20 PM

At stock clocks, you will only see a difference if the Opteron has more L2 cache than the Athlon.

The attractiveness of Opterons are their ability to overclock further than their Athlon counterparts. People have been able to get Opteron 165's (1.8GHz stock) up to 2.8GHz and beyond; Athlon 3800 X2's struggle to hit that speed, never mind go beyond.

PohTayToez · 03-26-2007, 10:26 PM

AMD stopped production of single core Opterons, didn't they? Used to be a good budget CPU...

Burgerbob · 03-26-2007, 10:34 PM

They were! even for server CPUs, i think AMD saw that OCers loved them. The new ones should kick ass tho.

Pck21 · 03-26-2007, 10:49 PM

So if I were to get one, say 2.2 or 2.4 dual core, would it be better than the one in my sig? How do they compare in gaming? Such as BF2 and such?

Burgerbob · 03-26-2007, 11:05 PM

Of course, they arent the best anymore, but (especially a dual core) any one of them would probably be better than a little 3400+. Are you sure you have a 3400+? i though for 939 it went 3000, 3200, 3500, 3800, 4000+.

Pck21 · 03-26-2007, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burgerbob

Of course, they arent the best anymore, but (especially a dual core) any one of them would probably be better than a little 3400+. Are you sure you have a 3400+? i though for 939 it went 3000, 3200, 3500, 3800, 4000+.

Ok great! I'll probably get one then.

Yep I'm 100% sure it's a 3400+. They only made them for HP desktops I think and a friend was parting his out, so I snagged it. They're very rare chips actually cause they never sold for retail. It's basically a 3500+.

INTELCRAZY · 03-27-2007, 12:38 AM

that should be the target market, I wish a new CPU company would pop-up. Something that was meant for gamers and OC'ers, that came with GOOD stock cooling. It wouldn't be hard to beat out intel or amd with their 1/11 chips that have damaged pins.

gottabamd · 03-27-2007, 01:02 AM

I just bought an Opteron 175. If you are into overclockin, I would get maybe the 170 or 165 instead of the 175. I got bad stepping and seem to have hit the wall at 2.5. I may be able to squeeze 2.6 out of her. But...overall it is an awesome processor. Great for multitasking.

03-26-2007, 10:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
Pck21 Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 709	A couple of questions on AMD Opterons Hey all, I have an outdated socket 939 board and I wanted to get a new processor. I don't want to upgrade to an AM2 just yet. I started looking around and noticed these Opterons that I've only known about but never really saw in action. Are these chips good for gaming and multitasking? What are they best used for? Can anyone tell me if they are ok for gaming? __________________ Current Build Mobo: Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 Socket AM2 CPU: AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+ Black Edition Brisbane 2.6GHz HDD's: Western Digital 320GB 7200 SATA and Maxtor 160GB 7200rpm SATA Ram: OCZ SLI Edition 4GB PC6400 DDR2 Memory GPU: ASUS EN9800GT ULTIMATE Monitor: 19'' LCD Viewsonic PSU: PC Power & Cooling S75QB 750W

03-26-2007, 10:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
jimmymac Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chester, UK Age: 28 Posts: 3,833	opterons are wonderful overclockers, AMD stress test them a lot harder meaning the CPU wil generally take a little more. A friend of mine recently bought an opteron 146, stock speed of 2.0ghz and currently running at 2.8ghz which in essence is FX-57 speeds. He swapped out and AMD 4000+ to make the change and its showing improvement over that. Plus side for me is getting the 4000+ for £20 __________________ I tried to put my signature in here but my pen ruined the monitor.

03-26-2007, 10:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
thealmightyone Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: York, UK Age: 22 Posts: 1,000	At stock clocks, you will only see a difference if the Opteron has more L2 cache than the Athlon. The attractiveness of Opterons are their ability to overclock further than their Athlon counterparts. People have been able to get Opteron 165's (1.8GHz stock) up to 2.8GHz and beyond; Athlon 3800 X2's struggle to hit that speed, never mind go beyond. __________________ E8200 @ 3.576GHz with GA-P35-DS3L 2900 Pro, flashed to XT, oc-ed to 850/1860. Crucial Ballistix Tracers PC2-8500 2GB Enermax Modular 620W Creative Audigy 4 2x Seagate Barracuda 250GB Jeantech Nitro case, XP Pro and 19" LCD

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03-26-2007, 10:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
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03-26-2007, 10:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
Pck21 Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 709	So if I were to get one, say 2.2 or 2.4 dual core, would it be better than the one in my sig? How do they compare in gaming? Such as BF2 and such? __________________ Current Build Mobo: Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 Socket AM2 CPU: AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+ Black Edition Brisbane 2.6GHz HDD's: Western Digital 320GB 7200 SATA and Maxtor 160GB 7200rpm SATA Ram: OCZ SLI Edition 4GB PC6400 DDR2 Memory GPU: ASUS EN9800GT ULTIMATE Monitor: 19'' LCD Viewsonic PSU: PC Power & Cooling S75QB 750W

03-26-2007, 11:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
Burgerbob Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Private Island Age: 18 Posts: 2,531	Of course, they arent the best anymore, but (especially a dual core) any one of them would probably be better than a little 3400+. Are you sure you have a 3400+? i though for 939 it went 3000, 3200, 3500, 3800, 4000+. __________________ MY Computer AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ Black Edition, Zalman 9700 4096Mb Patriot Viper, ASUS M3N78 Pro 750GB Seagate HDD, eVGA GeForce 8800GT w/Akimbo Antec Three Hundred Logitech MX Revolution, UltraX Media Hanns-G 19in 5ms EEEPC 4G, 1GB RAM, 4GB SD card Dell Inspiron 6000 Pentium M 1.5GhZ, 2GB DDR2, 60GB Seagate, Ubuntu

03-27-2007, 12:38 AM	#9 (permalink)
INTELCRAZY banned Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,060	that should be the target market, I wish a new CPU company would pop-up. Something that was meant for gamers and OC'ers, that came with GOOD stock cooling. It wouldn't be hard to beat out intel or amd with their 1/11 chips that have damaged pins.

03-27-2007, 01:02 AM	#10 (permalink)
gottabamd Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 118	I just bought an Opteron 175. If you are into overclockin, I would get maybe the 170 or 165 instead of the 175. I got bad stepping and seem to have hit the wall at 2.5. I may be able to squeeze 2.6 out of her. But...overall it is an awesome processor. Great for multitasking. __________________ HOME PC: ASUS P5K Deluxe 0404 \| C2D E6400 Lapped @ 3.2GHz 400MHz FSB 1.2875V \| Zalman 9500 \| TeamXtreme 2Gb DDR2-667 @ DDR2-800 4-4-4-12 2.0v + Crucial 10th Ann. 2Gb @ same \| 8800gts 640Mb @ stock for now ( no reason to OC) \| 2x36Gb Raptors RAID 0 \| 200Gb Maxtor SATA \| 720W Enermax Infinity WORK PC: ASUS P4P800 \| Pentium 4 2.8 \| 1GB Corsair XMS 1GB \| EVGA 7800GS @ 529/1512 \| 80GB WD \| Antec Smartpower 350 PSU LAPTOP: Toshiba Satellite L35S2151 \| Celeron M 1.8GHz \| 512Mb RAM \| 60GB HDD

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