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What's the difference between an Opteron and an Athlon 64?



 
 
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Old November 26th 03, 04:43 AM
Wes Harrison
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Default What's the difference between an Opteron and an Athlon 64?

Well, they're both 64 bits and both use an x86-based instruction set and
both made by AMD so what exactly is the difference? Is it like the
difference between a Pentium and a Xeon?

Thanks and excuse my naivety.

Wes


 




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