From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 30 13:44:18 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF72316A41C for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:44:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jmartin37@speakeasy.net) Received: from mail23.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail23.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AD7643D1F for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:44:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jmartin37@speakeasy.net) Received: (qmail 24061 invoked from network); 30 Jun 2005 13:44:18 -0000 Received: from adsl-211-141-250.asm.bellsouth.net (HELO [192.168.2.101]) (moonlightcheese@[68.211.141.250]) (envelope-sender ) by mail23.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 30 Jun 2005 13:44:17 -0000 Message-ID: <42C3F72E.9070902@speakeasy.net> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 09:44:14 -0400 From: JM User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2-1.3.3 (X11/20050513) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gary Jennejohn References: <200506290818.j5T8IELL002348@peedub.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <200506290818.j5T8IELL002348@peedub.jennejohn.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 X2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:44:18 -0000 Gary Jennejohn wrote: >Has anyone tried using a dual-core AMD65 X2 in an ASUS AV8 Deluxe >mobo? For that matter, has anyone on this list tried out an X2 at >all? > >-------- >Gary Jennejohn / garyjATjennejohnDOTorg gjATfreebsdDOTorg garyjATdenxDOTde > > > i've never had the pleasure of coming across an AMD65... and unfortunately i haven't experienced an X2 although there are a few articles regarding performance and other info. anandtech.com is my favorite review site and they've tested the X2 in this article: http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2410 and here's the dual core opterons just for fun: http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2397 and some info on X2 overclocking: http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2452 hope this helps.