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AMD has sent out prices for their upcoming Opteron Quad-Core configurations and DailyTech once again has the scoop. For their 23xx-series two-way processors, pricing will begin at $206 for a low TDP 1.7GHz while top-end will be $372 for 2.0GHz and a 95W TDP. Pricing for the multi-way offerings are found in the image below. The highest-end 2.0GHz settles in at just over $1,000 while the "low-end" is close to $700.
Clock for clock, Barcelona is likely to have a rough time clobbering Intel's Xeons in benchmarks, but as we have found out in the past, we can't compare equally-clocked processors of different micro-architectures. One fact that's difficult to ignore is that these prices jump in drastically, which hopefully means that there will actually be a noticeable performance increase with a small frequency boost. Otherwise, $230 for a 100MHz boost seems like a bit much.
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On the multi-way side of things, AMD has four quad-core Opteron 8300 models ready for launch – the 8350, 8347, 8347 HE and 8346 HE. The multi-way models have a $688 cost-of-entry and top out at around $1,000. Unlike the Opteron 2300 series, the 8300 series HE models command an approximate $110 price premium.
Source: DailyTech
Clock for clock, Barcelona is likely to have a rough time clobbering Intel's Xeons in benchmarks, but as we have found out in the past, we can't compare equally-clocked processors of different micro-architectures. One fact that's difficult to ignore is that these prices jump in drastically, which hopefully means that there will actually be a noticeable performance increase with a small frequency boost. Otherwise, $230 for a 100MHz boost seems like a bit much.
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On the multi-way side of things, AMD has four quad-core Opteron 8300 models ready for launch – the 8350, 8347, 8347 HE and 8346 HE. The multi-way models have a $688 cost-of-entry and top out at around $1,000. Unlike the Opteron 2300 series, the 8300 series HE models command an approximate $110 price premium.
Source: DailyTech