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Joshua Hoblitt <jhoblitt@××××××××××.edu> posted |
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20070503221801.GC28620@××××××××××.edu, excerpted below, on Thu, 03 May |
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2007 12:18:01 -1000: |
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> The S288x series also only use socket 940 which is rapidly fading from |
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> the market. |
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Well, it should have /some/ time yet, as AMD recently introduced the x90 |
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series, at 2.8 GHz. That's what I expect I'll be upgrading to. Prices at |
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pricewatch.com are running just over $700 for the 290, so just over $1400 |
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for the pair. The biggest thing I'll miss is the support for hardware |
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virtualization in the 4-digit Opterons, but oh, well... |
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PCI-E would be nice too, but the paucity of good libreware driver |
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supported PCI-E graphics hardware at present means there's little to miss |
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there, and the multiple bus PCI/PCI-X on my current s2885 gives me |
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sufficient room for data expansion there, if necessary, so there's little |
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to miss there as well. Thus, it's the missing hardware virtualization |
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support in the 290s that'll be the big downer for me. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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