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8th October 2006, 22:57
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| Madshrimp  Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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 | AMD QuadFather matches Kentsfield WITH THE IMMINENT launch of Core 2 QC6700 (codename: Kentsfield), AMD will respond by introducing the QuadFather platform, marketing dubbed the 4x4. The platform consists of Opteron workstation motherboards using Socket 1207 and equipped with two PCIe x16 slots for graphics cards and retail packaged CPUs. We have learned that not many motherboard vendors will support the platform, so it is up to the highest-end manufacturers such as Tyan, SuperMicro, or Iwill to offer 4x4 motherboards. This will hardly differ from current 1207-pin-socketed Opteron motherboards. At the same time, it seems that AMD will finally remove the need for Registered ECC memory for Athlons, but another source is countering this info with the claim that FX-70 series will be nothing more but the Opterons and that the processors will require usage of Registered DIMM memory
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8th October 2006, 23:13
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|  it is still an inferior solution to the kentsfield, pricewise |
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9th October 2006, 17:35
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| Member  Join Date: May 2002 Location: wherever the doom is
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 | buying two 1000euro processors + exp mobo = 2300 euros w/o gpus...
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