A computer components & hardware forum. HardwareBanter

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » HardwareBanter forum » Processors » General
Site Map Home Register Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Web Partners

Xeon spanked by Opteron again; how will Itanium2 fare ?



 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old December 17th 03, 07:49 PM
rms
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Xeon spanked by Opteron again; how will Itanium2 fare ?

Anandtech's review pretty much hammers the coffin shut on Xeons, it looks to
me.

I am curious about the relative price of the Opteron vs Xeon systems.
Pricewatch has the Xeon at $300 while the Opteron 248 is $1000. What is an
average total system cost for one vs the other, and what about
support/reliability issues? No mention of these in the article.

rms


  #2  
Old December 18th 03, 01:56 AM
Rob Stow
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

rms wrote:

Anandtech's review pretty much hammers the coffin shut on Xeons, it looks to
me.

I am curious about the relative price of the Opteron vs Xeon systems.
Pricewatch has the Xeon at $300 while the Opteron 248 is $1000. What is an
average total system cost for one vs the other, and what about
support/reliability issues? No mention of these in the article.

rms



$300 will get you a 2.8 GHz Xeon with 512 KB L2 cache
and no L3 and even worse performance than the ones used
in the AnandTech benchmarks: basically the same processor
with 2 MB of L3 cache tacked on, plus another $3000 tacked
onto the price.

Performance-wise, the best Opty to compare against your $300
Xeon is probably the Opty 240 ($191).


There is also the 3.2 GHz Xeon with 512 KB L2 & 1 MB L3 for $950.
Dualies built around that processor seem to split the
benchmarks against the Opty 246 (2 GHz, 1 MB L2).

There are many other Opty vs Xeon benchmarks out there.
I like this one: http://www.aceshardware.com/read.jsp?id=60000275



--
Reply to newsgroup only please. This e-mail account is real
but effectively abandoned because of excessive spamming.
  #3  
Old December 18th 03, 02:24 AM
daytripper
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 18:49:35 GMT, "rms" wrote:

Anandtech's review pretty much hammers the coffin shut on Xeons, it looks to
me.

I am curious about the relative price of the Opteron vs Xeon systems.
Pricewatch has the Xeon at $300 while the Opteron 248 is $1000. What is an
average total system cost for one vs the other, and what about
support/reliability issues? No mention of these in the article.


I bet the Xeon price you saw was for a low-end Prestonia or perhaps an ancient
Foster DP processor.

Now go look for the top of the line Gallatin MP with at least the 2MB cache...

/daytripper (hint: it's a *lot* more money)
 




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
<> XEON PROCESSORS AND MEMORY Alexander Gorban Packard Bell Computers 0 October 24th 03 07:05 AM
<> XEON PROCESSORS AND MEMORY Alexander Gorban Gateway Computers 0 October 24th 03 07:04 AM
<> XEON PROCESSORS AND MEMORY Alexander Gorban Compaq Servers 0 October 24th 03 07:04 AM
<> XEON PROCESSORS AND MEMORY Alexander Gorban Compaq Computers 0 October 24th 03 07:03 AM
<> XEON PROCESSORS AND MEMORY Alexander Gorban Acer Computers 0 October 24th 03 07:03 AM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 10:09 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 HardwareBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.