Opteron 180 Denmark or 4800 X2 For CAD/CAM

I was wondering if there is any difference between these two cpu's. I've read somewhere in these forums that the opterons were just the higher quality versions of the athalons. Also I do mostly CAD work so i was wondering if the opteron would perform any better in proffesional apps like solidworks. Any help would be great.

The Opteron 180 will perform same as your cpu. Look here are some test/bench in Autocad 2006 and SolidWorks 2005:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/opteron-ws_18.html

As you see, these programs DONT suport dual-core cpu. Maybe in next versions they will. (hope so)

well i know something they have in common....

they both are ridiculously overpriced starting at almost $800.

well, the 180 might overclock better, but thats all.

I think you should wait for the fx60 You spend this cash now and then you'll be upset that you didnt get the better one that comes out in early january..but if you want one so desperately I suggest you wait still lol.. just kidding get the opteron 180 they use less voltage so most likely the probability of you getting a great OC is better than getting the 4800 x2+ although most seem to get relatively the same OC...