Benjamin Smith <lists at benjamindsmith.com> wrote: > Now, we're moving to Opteron-based servers, and I just was > wondering if it's reasonable to expect that, in a worst-case > scenario, we could get an Athlon/64 system locally, and have > it work, even if not optimally. Yes, Athlon 64 and Opteron are virtually identical from that standpoint. The only issues you'd have are chipset/peripheral, just like any other change. > Just checking the accuracy of the data behind my decisions. > (I've turned down Xeon servers for this reason) Yes, there is less difference between Opteron and Athlon 64 than Xeon and Pentium 4. -- Bryan P.S. Any reason you don't keep around a spare Socket-754 Sempron 64 system then? I mean, they are _dirt_cheap_ (like $300 for case/MB/CPU/memory). -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, Technical Annoyance b.j.smith at ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ---------------------------------------------------- *** Speed doesn't kill, difference in speed does ***