Need a new rig. Wanted to buy a DP system, cause use lots of AutoCAD and 3ds Max. Actual system is overclocked via AOD. Want to use it with the new rig, too. My girlfreind would kill me; if a second rig moves in, she wents out she told me.
But is AOD working on serverboards? Anyone experience?
Thanks
Cypher
In my experience, no, it doesn't work. The problem was when there were > 4 cores in a system AOD would crash on startup even if the chipset was likely capable (SR5600). The newest version of AOD shows 8 spots for CPU graphs. I don't know if it dynamically scales now or if it'll crash after 8 cores are available in a system.
Even if I limited my 12-core system to 4 cores, the program still just couldn't do anything on the SR5690 chipset I had in my Supermicro board.
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I want to know why AOD now has 8 cpu spots at all ?Originally Posted by Particle
HAVE NO FEAR!
"AMD fallen angel"
"Behold the gaseous stench of Skeletor's breakfast burrito!"
You didn't get the memo? 1 hour 'Fugger time' is equal to 12 hours of regular time.
I think AMD just added it for later use (Bulldozer) once it's released sometime in 2011.
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CPU: Phenom II X4 955BE
Clock: 4200MHz 1.4375v
Memory: Dominator GT 2x2GB 1600MHz 6-6-6-20 1.65v
Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair IV Formula
GPU: HD 5770
Hm, that's poor. What a pitty ...... or as we say in german: Pech gehabt
Another possibility known to man to overclock a "server"-system?
6 Cores for Thuban, the rest like Samrtidiot89 wrote. This morning I read an article I think here at xtremesystems that contained pictures of some BIOS data. DDR3-2000 support for AM3 and 8 cores plus several other information.
My guess would be that six slots would look tacky. Eight were probably chosen purely for aesthetic reasons. The last two graphs may not even be functional if you had a CPU that did have eight cores at this point. It would not surprise me.
As a thread about any computer related subject has its length approach infinity, the likelihood and inevitability of a poorly constructed AMD vs. Intel fight also exponentially increases.
Likewise, the frequency of a car pseudoanalogy to explain a technical concept increases with thread length. This will make many people chuckle, as computer people are rarely knowledgeable about vehicular mechanics.
When confronted with a post that is contrary to what a poster likes, believes, or most often wants to be correct, the poster will pick out only minor details that are largely irrelevant in an attempt to shut out the conflicting idea. The core of the post will be left alone since it isn't easy to contradict what the person is actually saying.
When a poster cannot properly refute a post they do not like (as described above), the poster will most likely invent fictitious counter-points and/or begin to attack the other's credibility in feeble ways that are dramatic but irrelevant. Do not underestimate this tactic, as in the online world this will sway many observers. Do not forget: Correctness is decided only by what is said last, the most loudly, or with greatest repetition.
When it comes to computer news, 70% of Internet rumors are outright fabricated, 20% are inaccurate enough to simply be discarded, and about 10% are based in reality. Grains of salt--become familiar with them.
Remember: When debating online, everyone else is ALWAYS wrong if they do not agree with you!
Random Tip o' the Whatever
You just can't win. If your product offers feature A instead of B, people will moan how A is stupid and it didn't offer B. If your product offers B instead of A, they'll likewise complain and rant about how anyone's retarded cousin could figure out A is what the market wants.
on topic:
So, putting all things together, "we" can say, that AOD is designed around RD700 and actually RD800 chipsets. SR56x0 maybe related to those but so not belong to the same family. So AOD is not working on AMDs server chipsets or has at least no affect on them.
off topic:
I suspect the possibilty of the 8 core desktop bulldozer could be finally true. But thats just guessing ...
SR5600 chipsets are build of the same cloth as the 800-series chipsets. They may lack the extra features that are required for AOD to function or server BIOSes may just not implement them even if they're in there. Server board BIOSes are generally very close to reference BIOSes and rarely offer extra features.
To put it simply: No. AOD does not seem to work with SR5600.
As a thread about any computer related subject has its length approach infinity, the likelihood and inevitability of a poorly constructed AMD vs. Intel fight also exponentially increases.
Likewise, the frequency of a car pseudoanalogy to explain a technical concept increases with thread length. This will make many people chuckle, as computer people are rarely knowledgeable about vehicular mechanics.
When confronted with a post that is contrary to what a poster likes, believes, or most often wants to be correct, the poster will pick out only minor details that are largely irrelevant in an attempt to shut out the conflicting idea. The core of the post will be left alone since it isn't easy to contradict what the person is actually saying.
When a poster cannot properly refute a post they do not like (as described above), the poster will most likely invent fictitious counter-points and/or begin to attack the other's credibility in feeble ways that are dramatic but irrelevant. Do not underestimate this tactic, as in the online world this will sway many observers. Do not forget: Correctness is decided only by what is said last, the most loudly, or with greatest repetition.
When it comes to computer news, 70% of Internet rumors are outright fabricated, 20% are inaccurate enough to simply be discarded, and about 10% are based in reality. Grains of salt--become familiar with them.
Remember: When debating online, everyone else is ALWAYS wrong if they do not agree with you!
Random Tip o' the Whatever
You just can't win. If your product offers feature A instead of B, people will moan how A is stupid and it didn't offer B. If your product offers B instead of A, they'll likewise complain and rant about how anyone's retarded cousin could figure out A is what the market wants.
That's what wanted to say with my "final words"
Opteron platforms are not designed to be overclocked. Overclocking is a consumer activity. When you overclock, there is always the chance that 1+1=3. Not a big deal for games, but if you are building big CAD files, designing chips, or writing software, those activities depend on the integrity of the results.
Even for workstations it is an issue. If a company is paying a CAD designer or illustrator big money, they want results. They don't want them having to re-do work because the overclocked system crashed unexpectedly and corrupted the file. Any gain from overclocking can be swept away quickly.
Don't expect to see overclocking on Opteron, Phenom is a better choice as it supports that.
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