Replies to post #84527 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[mas]

For this test Dell sent us a pre-production Barcelona server, based on their existing PowerEdge 2970. What it comes down to is Dell has done pretty much what we described on a previous page: switched out the dual core CPUs in an existing Opteron server for Barcelona models.

http://www.hardware.info/en-US/articles/amdnZWppZGWa/New_quad_core_server_CPUs_AMD_Barcelona_vs_Intel_Harpertown/4
http://www.hardware.info/en-US/articles/amdnZWppZGWa/New_quad_core_server_CPUs_AMD_Barcelona_vs_Intel_Harpertown/19

[mas]

The test results below were achieved by directly changing combinations of old and new Opterons in the same system.

http://www.pcauthority.com.au/feature.aspx?CIaFID=4047&CIPseq=1