ASUS SK8N + AMD Opteron 144: Unirocessor Workstation on AMD Opteron

Dom · Jul 22, 2003, 08:15 AM

The launch of new Opteron processor family from AMD aroused significant changes in the processor market. Of course, it is still too early to talk about wide spreading of Opteron processors, however, the public has been following very carefully everything that has to do with the new AMD Opteron CPUs.

Dual-processor servers built on AMD Opteron processors have already been tested by a great lot of different web-sites all over the world and many reviewers arrived at the conclusion that the newcomer from AMD suits very well for server applications. However, AMD positions its product not only for server use. They also claim that Opteron can find its way in workstations. Here we have to say that Opteron can boast pretty nice computational power, as it is a direct successor to Athlon architecture. It is exactly due to its computational capacity, that the new Opteron can turn out useful for complex calculations as well as for professional OpenGL applications and rendering tasks. Anyway, we wouldn’t deny the possibility to use Opteron in workstations.

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Jul 22, 2003, 08:15 AM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	ASUS SK8N + AMD Opteron 144: Unirocessor Workstation on AMD Opteron The launch of new Opteron processor family from AMD aroused significant changes in the processor market. Of course, it is still too early to talk about wide spreading of Opteron processors, however, the public has been following very carefully everything that has to do with the new AMD Opteron CPUs. Dual-processor servers built on AMD Opteron processors have already been tested by a great lot of different web-sites all over the world and many reviewers arrived at the conclusion that the newcomer from AMD suits very well for server applications. However, AMD positions its product not only for server use. They also claim that Opteron can find its way in workstations. Here we have to say that Opteron can boast pretty nice computational power, as it is a direct successor to Athlon architecture. It is exactly due to its computational capacity, that the new Opteron can turn out useful for complex calculations as well as for professional OpenGL applications and rendering tasks. Anyway, we wouldn’t deny the possibility to use Opteron in workstations. Read more at XBitLabs.com