Why are the dual core skt 939's called opteron now?

[autoMATTic]

I have been away from the scene for awhile and have been thinking about getting a dual core chip for my skt 939 mobo. But on newegg I see the dual cores are opteron now with the denmark core. Is there any difference between denmark and toledo cores? Will there be any bios issues?
Anyone know the reason why AMD got rid of the athlon 64 X2 name?

 

[PaciFIST69]

AMD is moving to AM2. Nothing wrong with the 939 opterons though I'm really happy with mine.

 

[broken_Naols]

The 64X2 are still around, just waiting for stock, there very thin on the ground at the mo. As are the dual core opterons. But the opterons are server grade CPU's. designed to work 24/7. and are generally concidered the better option for O/Cing.

 

[Enablingwolf]

The 939 Opterons at one time were the manifest destiny for AMD overclockers. The X2 was a hotty at the time and it seems AMD took notice and started to meet demand of consumers. So it seems they pumped out more Opties. Even on non-tech forums, it was the recomended CPU. The X2 sort of became a silent loser in its own brand. Even though it is still a good chip.

The X2 is still a model of CPU, just for the s939 it is not as popular. So many stores, will meet that same demand for the sales.

There was a mad rush for them CPUs and everyone had to have one. There was that 3Ghz fever for a few months. AMD was rumored to even not to want to ship them to consumers for a little bit. Then it seems the about face was given and it became the standard offering instead of the 939 X2. I remeber AMD even trying for no sales to consumers for a little bit. It faded real fast. Then the shortages. It was a mad rush and prices spiked kind of bad.

Personally, I don't see how AMD could pump out server grade and not lose quality in the numbers they were popping up at. Even though they are nice clockers. Opeteron to me is not server grade anymore. It became a desktop CPU.

It was kind of cool watching how the Opty unfolded when the first screenies of the 939 variant came out. I was kind of shocked it left the 940 at the time. Though there was a good reason.