Quote Originally Posted by nYdGeo View Post
Anyway, I recently read something quite odd; it suggested that all Opterons of a given stepping are the same; i.e. a 170 & a 185 of the same stepping are identical except for the 170 having the multi capped at 10, where the 185 is capped at 13. This suggested that assuming that they are both of the same stepping, and the multi was set to 10, they would both have approximately the same maximum speed potential.

This is a wild thought, but not completely unreasonable. So first of all, can anyone give me info along these lines? Is this true or does potential in Opty's work just like most other CPUs with faster-rated CPUs having a higher speed potential?
Take a look at these:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=96900
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=427461
http://www.ocforums.com/showpost.php...06&postcount=4

Very few 180s & 185s in these listings but there are a few ...