On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 09:27:32PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've emailed Tyan to try to clear this up (nVidia says to talk with > Tyan since I'm not buying a case of nVidia chips). I've also asked Tyan > to clear up the CPU: one web page says Opteron only, the other says both > Opteron only and Athlon.
Well new Opteron 1xx use the same socket as Athlon 64 (and semptron and X2 and so on) as far as I understand it. I don't know if that means they no longer use registered memory or not the way the 2xx and 8xx and old 1xx did. > Its hard to get the data to do head-to-head comparisions; different > chipsets are targeted at different audiences and each audience looks at > different data. For example, the nForce Pro boasts CRC ECC on the PCI > channels, in addition to solid 24/7 running, reliability, etc. The 590 > boasts great overclocking. I don't overclock. At times I've run a box > 24/7 only powering down for hardware changes, at others (like now) I > turn on, do stuff, then turn off. If two boards cost basically the > same, I'd rather the one where the cost goes into reliability and > longevity not overclocking headroom and gimmics. A board with lots of hearroom for overclocking must be very solid at regular speed in order to have a chance at being reasonable stable when overclocked. Boards that overclock well tend to be very stable boards under normal use. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
