Re: Multiprocessor AM2 motherboard?

General Schvantzkoph wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:16:32 -0500, Chris Cox wrote:
....
Somewhat true, but see:
http://usa.asus.com/products2.aspx?l1=3&l2=136

That board is socket L1 which is really a Socket F. AMD is rebadging
Opterons as a high end consumer offering. This isn't the first time
they've done this. If you remember the first A64 was socket 940, it was
really an Opteron 1XX with the word Athlon stamped on top. They've done
exactly the same thing here. It's a 1207 pin Opteron with the work Athlon
stamped on top and aimed at the high end of the gaming market.

I was just pointing out that AMD did (does?) promote a
"desktop" chip in a dual configuration. There's not a lot
of what AMD does lately that makes a whole lotta sense.
.

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