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Date:      Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:57:22 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To:        Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com>
Cc:        freebsd-performance@freebsd.org, Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk>, Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>, David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca>
Subject:   Re: Dual-core CPU vs. very large cache
Message-ID:  <20060427185722.GA2741@dragon.NUXI.org>
In-Reply-To: <44503AC6.3060609@rogers.com>
References:  <20060425090739.8470143f.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <005301c668ab$39c4c150$8b00a8c0@multiplay.co.uk> <444E8F8A.9030409@rogers.com> <17487.34074.833134.823847@canoe.dclg.ca> <444F8912.4010604@rogers.com> <00bd01c66946$6ce6f3a0$b5db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <444FA32F.2060209@rogers.com> <20060427032037.GA86693@dragon.NUXI.org> <44503AC6.3060609@rogers.com>

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On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 11:30:14PM -0400, Mike Jakubik wrote:
> David O'Brien wrote:
> >On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 12:43:27PM -0400, Mike Jakubik wrote:
> >  
> >>Steven Hartland wrote:
> >>    
> >>>IIRC AM2 is not a server solution just a client one the new server
> >>>socket is significantly different.
> >>>      
> >>Its not a server/desktop thing, its a new socket that will allow AMD to 
> >>use DDR2 memory. It applies to both Athlons and Opterons.
> >
> >No!  Socket AM2 is the DDR2 939-pin Athlon64 desktop replacement.
> >Socket F(1207) is DDR2 the 940-pin Opteron server replacement.
> 
> Same crap, different pins. The change simply allows AMD cpus to use DDR2 
> memory, nothing more.

What does that mean?  "Same Crap"?  I was giving accurate and correct
names of the sockets and that there are two different Opteron rev.F
sockets.
 
-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
A: Why is top-posting (putting a reply at the top of the message) frowned upon?



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