upgrade to opteron 170 (dual-core), socket 939 ?

2007-02-21 14:01:25

So basically the only 939 cpu that i could find close to my location is opteron 170,

my current cpu is AMD Athlon 64, 1800 MHz (9 x 200) 3000+,

so will this work fine enough with my ram and everything?

full report, current state here;
http://somestuff.org/report.htm

tnx for any opinions.

upgrade to opteron 170 (dual-core), socket 939 ?

Reply #1 – 2007-02-21 15:09:29

Should work:
http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupp...8N-SLI%20Deluxe

Just make sure you have the latest BIOS.

I too find the shortage of 939 CPUs a shame. It seems AMD killed this socket form factor too early to make room for AM2.

upgrade to opteron 170 (dual-core), socket 939 ?

Reply #2 – 2007-02-22 09:27:42

yes, it is weird thinking i had a relativelly new machine..., yes i did flash the bios allready, tnx.

upgrade to opteron 170 (dual-core), socket 939 ?

Reply #3 – 2007-02-22 15:18:13

well, benchmarks are impressive;

before (athlon 64 3000+)
Dhrystone ALU   6471 MIPS
Whetstone iSSE2   5289 MFLOPS
Integer x4 aEMMX/aSSE   16910 it/s
Float x4 iSSE2   18594 it/s
50Hz (50fps, e.g. double-frame PAL video)
   ALU Performance (Dhrystone MIPS)   1149

after (opteron 170)
Dhrystone ALU   13934 MIPS
Whetstone iSSE3   12302 MFLOPS
Integer x4 aEMMX/aSSE   37696 it/s
Float x4 iSSE2   41562 it/s
50Hz (50fps, e.g. double-frame PAL video)
   ALU Performance (Dhrystone MIPS)   4113

upgrade to opteron 170 (dual-core), socket 939 ?

Reply #4 – 2007-02-22 16:13:30

Wow, I didn't realize that was such an upgrade.

upgrade to opteron 170 (dual-core), socket 939 ?

Reply #5 – 2007-02-22 20:09:25

it is fast, i never got 30 fps with x264 on 2nd pass (with certain settings), not even on dual cpuer (2 x Xeon 2,8)