IMPORTANT!!
I just found out that the Athlon FX's ARE NOT OPTERON 1XX'S!!!!!
The difference lies in this: Opterons have 3 HT links enabled. The Athlon 64 FX's only have 1 enabled, the other are disabled from the factory.
What are these extra HT links used for? Other I/O devices such as PCI-X and onboard functions.
Do a lot of boards use these? No, but if you plan on running your Athlon 64 FX in an opteron board that does use these, 3 things may happen
1)the board will not accept the cpu
2)the board will not function as fast as with an Athlon FX as it would with an Opteron 1XX
3)the board will disable the function that use the extra HT links, and you will loose the features that use this.
Has anyone experienced any of these problems?
Of course most likely, the mobo will think it is an Opteron 1XX and work fine, but I imagine there are SOME boards out there that will know the difference and have problems.
I just found out that the Athlon FX's ARE NOT OPTERON 1XX'S!!!!!
The difference lies in this: Opterons have 3 HT links enabled. The Athlon 64 FX's only have 1 enabled, the other are disabled from the factory.
What are these extra HT links used for? Other I/O devices such as PCI-X and onboard functions.
Do a lot of boards use these? No, but if you plan on running your Athlon 64 FX in an opteron board that does use these, 3 things may happen
1)the board will not accept the cpu
2)the board will not function as fast as with an Athlon FX as it would with an Opteron 1XX
3)the board will disable the function that use the extra HT links, and you will loose the features that use this.
Has anyone experienced any of these problems?
Of course most likely, the mobo will think it is an Opteron 1XX and work fine, but I imagine there are SOME boards out there that will know the difference and have problems.
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