A 4.1 GHz Dual Core at $130 - Can it be True?

[PP Mguire]

L1 isnt the the thing that does all the work. This is freakin insane man!! I wish i had an Intel rig now..

 

[reggie_da_man]

I'm just super worried about what AMD has comming up since we haven't heard much. I loath INTEL and I'd hate to give them my money but if I have to...

 

[R1C0CH3T]

im already putting into my next project, teh briefcase pc

 

[molsen]

did you notice the power consumption??? it takes an additional 216watts to get that speed..... not worth it IMO. a 260-watt CPU is going to run up the electric bill.


like most things of this nature, too good to be true

maybe a good project if you don't mind the effects of the OC

 

[Running]

its ok opties going up to 2.8 beat that, but that still is pretty nice. since opties cost more than twice of that.

 

[gurusan]

How much power does a dual core opteron consume at 2.8-3.0ghz?

That 805 consumes sooo much!!

 

[reggie_da_man]

Yea that's pretty retarded. I was thinking of building a server with that chip but now that you mention the power consumption i don't know.

 

[molsen]

think about how much power a pc would use with that chip, a couple hard drives, and a 7800 or 7900 series gfx card.....

 

[Baez]

^
2x2mb cache is low?

he said L1 not L2 . and its 2x1 mb

 

[Nitestick]

L1 isnt the the thing that does all the work

of course, L1 cache is so unimportant that it has been a vital feature of processors for longer than L2 cache? L1 cache does all the work, L2 helps but it only picks up the slack.

edit: has no-one noticed the existence of the 805 yet?