Kuros, you’re comparing a server CPU to a desktop CPU. Your Opteron would fail at gaming.
Opteron IS NOT supposed to be “better” than Athlon 64. Opteron is targeted to network servers and thus to a complete different market in mind. They can have two features not present on Athlon 64:
– Virtualization technology
– Memory controller supporting ECC memories, which provide error correction capability – a feature desirable to have on servers (in fact ECC memories are slower than regular memories due to this feature).
Regarding the difference on HT bus, this is also a problem, because the same thing can have different names. To summarize:
800 MHz HT = “1,600 MHz” HT = 3,200 MB/s HT
1,000 MHz HT = “2,000 MHz” HT = 4,000 MB/s HT
In this context 1,000 MHz and 2,000 MHz are the same thing. A detailed explanation is given on this tutorial:
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/19
So the difference between the two CPUs is that Opteron has virtualization technology and supports ECC memories while Athlon 64 doesn’t. All the other specs are just the same.
Here’s also a funny fact, the specs on the Opteron 1220 that you linked in IRC and then the Athlon 64 x2 6000+ ARE EXACTLY THE SAME. Well, except for 200mhz more on the 6000+, but who cares about that. Either way, I’ll then bring your attention back to here and say, good game fanboy.
Fact, as of right now:
INTEL HAS BETTER PERFORMANCE IN GAMING AND MOST OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAN AMD.
Good game AMD fanboys.