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Comments on: AMD answers Intel with six-core processor

The company's new six-core processor will compete against Intel's "Dunnington" chip.

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by slickuser June 1, 2009 11:48 AM PDT

why would someone buy this instead of xeon 55xx series?

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by pithenumber June 1, 2009 12:26 PM PDT: upgrade for current Opty servers
until recently AMD dominated the high end server market so many servers still use Opteron processors; Like this


by tipoo_ June 1, 2009 12:13 PM PDT: This is a great drop-in upgrade for existing servers (and with the power savings it would be well worth it) but its a tougher sell for new systems.; Like this Reply to this comment


by estienne2 June 1, 2009 12:15 PM PDT: I can't wait to have one like that on my PC :); Like this Reply to this comment


by pmfjoe June 1, 2009 12:37 PM PDT: As much as I love AMD, I have been very disappointed in the performance of their current generation of low end Opterons vs low end Xeons. The Xeons blow them away at the same price point.; Like this Reply to this comment

by inachu June 1, 2009 1:20 PM PDT

Is this World of Warcraft compatible?

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by slickuser June 1, 2009 1:50 PM PDT: no; Like this


by NWLB June 1, 2009 2:18 PM PDT: Or for those who can read at a 4th grade level or above, Lord of the Rings Online.; Like this


by sythara June 1, 2009 2:40 PM PDT: @NWLB

LOL; Like this


by LordSnotrag June 2, 2009 11:03 AM PDT: LOTRO: WoW with added snobbery. :P

[DISCLAIMER: Played and enjoyed both. Just having fun with the LotRO comment above. Don't get your panties in a bunch. :) ]; Like this


by GDK2008UK June 6, 2009 11:28 AM PDT: This core will be twice to three times as fast as a Phenom I Tollimen chip which should put the wind up Intel.; Like this Reply to this comment


by neocambell October 28, 2009 7:10 AM PDT: I tried Six-Core AMD Opteron? Processor and it is fantastic. Best of all it is far more less than Intel i7.
Fantastic performance as always the promise of the AMD.

Neo
http://www.expertcore.org; Like this Reply to this comment

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