I can appreciate that. I do extensive validation on any o/c that I do before
I call it good. This X2 actually hit significantly higher--but 2.45 was the
speed that it finally passed all validation.
The 165's, however, are extensively tested and favorably binned at the
factory. They have much, much more headroom than Athlon* grade consumer
chips.
Greg
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From: "Veech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 11:55 PM
Subject: RE: [H] Gaming PC $700 video solution, SLI?
not that I'm opposed to it, but I'm concerned about stability.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Greg Sevart
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 9:50 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: Re: [H] Gaming PC $700 video solution, SLI?
The 38% premium for ~10% more speed isn't worth it. If you aren't opposed
to
overclocking, I'd give a very strong look at the Opteron 165. Same dual
1MB
cache cores, but much more favorable binning....I think most people are
hitting 2.6 or higher (on air) with the s939 Opteron 165.
If I could do it over, I'd get a 165 instead of my 4400+ X2 (which only
hit
2.45GHz)
Greg
