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Brian, from 3D Professor, has posted a look at a dual Opteron 254 system loaded to the gills with a pair Quadro 4500s in SLI.Last month we stated that the dawning of time is upon us

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Dr. Evil, a.k.a Andrew Brown, over at the Tech Report has taken the newest Duron and put it through the TR benchmark wringer. It seems to have taken nicely to the Morgan-core upgrade, as it actually ...

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#38508 Posted on: 12/13/2005 05:06 PM man!! .... this will just simply never end. just got my HP XW9300 - dual Opteron 250 - with dual quadro fx 3450 SLI. was happy for a second, then .... schmaaacckkk!!!! hitting my head with a basebal bat, after seeing the SPEC numbers. what a config!!!! Main: XW9300, 2xOpt285, 8GB, 600GB HDD, QFX 4600, 640GB Medea RTR320, Decklink HDXtreme || 2nd: HP 8510w, 4GB, 320GB, QFX570m || 3rd: Dell Precision M90, 2Ghz, 2GB, QFX Go 2500|| 4th: HP nw8240, 2GHz, 2GB, FGL V5000

The HighHat Registered User Posts: 68 Joined: 2002-11-24

#38512 Posted on: 12/13/2005 10:26 PM um... i dunno... this post just doesn't seem right. yes, it is the new fastest graphical workstation setup... but it seems more like a marketing plug to me. if anyone puts the latest workstation graphics (especially in SLI) in a reasonably fast machine wouldn't the same truth hold? i would be more appreciative if the box had some unusual custom spec... or if it did this on some remarkable low budget... i think my newegg wishlist machine is just as fast if not faster... sorry... it's been a long day at work.

Mixwell Always Mix Well Posts: 460 Joined: 2003-01-11

#38517 Posted on: 12/14/2005 08:27 AM Originally posted by The HighHat: yes, it is the new fastest graphical workstation setup... but it seems more like a marketing plug to me. if anyone puts the latest workstation graphics (especially in SLI) in a reasonably fast machine wouldn't the same truth hold? I was thinking the same thing. So...let's pair the fastest single-core Opteron processors with the fastest workstation graphics cards on the market, and what do you get? This wasn't hard. Leader of 'Team' Mixwell, Folding @ Home - Member of the 13m Point Club || References: Heatware | Ebay | Beerology

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