Here's a little teaser....

[KTE]

Bugger! I've seen B0 and B2, and they were very clearly marked as that. AMD says you should not be concerned with B1's since they are only ES, and were bugged, but were not any release or retail samples. I'm 100% it's only BA shipping, but I don't remember seeing a CPU-Z ss for it. You can check online if you have a BA

Comes back to the first round of comments: why did they give out B1s that have performance penalties for testing if BA is release!?!

As far as CPU-Z goes, it recognizes B0, B1, B2 properly, so I'm not sure why it would not recognize BA properly either. It should just read the core register values for family, model, stepping. Since those have the same values, they really do look like B1s going off that.

These are the only two 2350 chips available and they're BA

http://products.amd.com/en-us/Optero...il.aspx?id=234
http://products.amd.com/en-us/Optero...il.aspx?id=235

OPN Tray: OS2350WAL4BGE
OPN PIB: OS2350WAL4BGEWOF

[MAS]

.maybe there really isn't a difference between BA/B!?

cpu-z can't show you "sub-revision"

in fact there are only two steppings of K10 - B1 and B2

B1 consists of B1 (engineering samples) and BA (Opterons at 1,9 and 2 GHz). B1 and BA obviously are very similar, BA is just "more advanced" and latest version of B1 revision

B2 is high-clock revision (they promise up to 3GHz)


S7, you should show us something new. Remove one of the cpus and run 3dmark on single-socket configuration (let the bios stay old, that doesn't matter)

[KTE]

BIOS and software developer guides stated F-2-A was core rev BA and F-2-2 is core rev B2 (ATs 2.5GHz B2), and we already knew F-2-1 is core B1.

s7: are your chips 0S2350WAL4BGC or 0S2350WAL4BGE (OPN)?

[s7e9h3n]

S7, you should show us something new. Remove one of the cpus and run 3dmark on single-socket configuration (let the bios stay old, that doesn't matter)

Your wish is my command.....

[s7e9h3n]

BIOS and software developer guides stated F-2-A was core rev BA and F-2-2 is core rev B2 (ATs 2.5GHz B2), and we already knew F-2-1 is core B1.

s7: are your chips 0S2350WAL4BGC or 0S2350WAL4BGE (OPN)?

They are in fact "C"'s....I haven't checked until now...that's what I get for believing the good 'ol boys @ AMD I'm working on gettin replacements as we speak.....

[Thesavage]

They are in fact "C"'s....I haven't checked until now...that's what I get for believing the good 'ol boys @ AMD I'm working on gettin replacements as we speak.....

Any truth to the rumour that there b3's arround?

[s7e9h3n]

Any truth to the rumour that there b3's arround?

None that I've seen......yet

[MAS]

thanx
s7e9h3n, can you adjust HT via bios setup?

[s7e9h3n]

thanx
s7e9h3n, can you adjust HT via bios setup?

Yep...but it doesn't seem to make a difference in any benchmarks.....

[MAS]

dissapointing result =(
where's K10's power fpu?

[s7e9h3n]

dissapointing result =(
where's K10's power fpu?

Stuck in single channel, low-fsb, non-ocing limbo.....

[s7e9h3n]

s7, you still haven't fixed the issues with your motherboard?

I thought you've done this benchmark on the QuadFX mobo... For a reference Q6600 will score around 3K. So this score is not bad, but we'll need some real-life benchmarks on an non-crippled mainboard before we can make any solid conclusion.

I 100% agree, only problem is that the first bios bricked my board but I was able to save it with an external eeprom programmer. I'm somewhat reluctant to try the new bios until I get confirmation about a specific question I had. Hopefully it won't be too long....

[MAS]

For a reference Q6600 will score around 3K.

3400 to be exact

quad-core opteron at 2,4GHz with single-channel buffered 667 MHz ram: 2907/1995*2400 = 3497 (real number - 3300 rather)

Phenom X4 at 2,4GHz with dual-channel low-latency 1066MHz memory - ?

[Sparky]

3400 to be exact

OK so 3400 Q6600 at stock speed of 2.4GHz. This K10 is 2900 at 2GHz. And from the sound of it still B1, though I do wonder how much BA will make a difference.

Doesn't sound too bad but not a killer either. Hmm...

[s7e9h3n]

OK so 3400 Q6600 at stock speed of 2.4GHz. This K10 is 2900 at 2GHz. And from the sound of it still B1, though I do wonder how much BA will make a difference.

Doesn't sound too bad but not a killer either. Hmm...

I'm still hearing that BA steppings are NOT going to bench much different/if at all than B1....I dunno....

[Thesavage]

Do you know if there will be any difference moving to ddr2 800 over ddr2 667? that is to say performance wise.

[s7e9h3n]

Do you know if there will be any difference moving to ddr2 800 over ddr2 667? that is to say performance wise.

Of course there'll be a difference, but the biggest difference will show once NUMA is corrected on these rigs. Take, for example, what dual-dual rigs can currently get in bandwidth and then more triple that and you'll see what an octal AMD dual socket setup is truly capable of.....

[KTE]

They are in fact "C"'s....I haven't checked until now...that's what I get for believing the good 'ol boys @ AMD I'm working on gettin replacements as we speak.....

Gack, that's too bad. Those are B1s like the ones sent out for reviewing.

Thanks for taking all the hassle and feedback. Lets hope they get fed up and now send you a B2.

[s7e9h3n]

Gack, that's too bad. Those are B1s like the ones sent out for reviewing.

Thanks for taking all the hassle and feedback. Lets hope they get fed up and now send you a B2.

b2's are coming with phenom....

[accord99]

Phenom X4 at 2,4GHz with dual-channel low-latency 1066MHz memory - ?

Maybe 3% higher, 3DMark06 CPU has shown itself to be insensitive to memory bandwidth and latency.

[BadNizze]

Wonder if BA clocks better than B1?
You don´t happen to know when Am2+ board will appear in retail do you? Wonder if AMD has begun producing Am2+ quad´s yet or if they only make Opterons...

[PhilDoc]

Sorry to hear this Steven, but I have faith you'll get it worked out. I'm sure its been frustrating on your part. I think the scores are fine, but can't say too much about them until we get a fully functional system. However, I appreciate the effort

[s7e9h3n]

Wonder if BA clocks better than B1?
You don´t happen to know when Am2+ board will appear in retail do you? Wonder if AMD has begun producing Am2+ quad´s yet or if they only make Opterons...

Am2+ will debut with the RD790 chipset. I should be seeing them in the next month or so...

[s7e9h3n]

Also, I'd like to state for the record: Until we see ANY concrete results from the "BA" stepping Barcelonas, I'll still stick with what I've been told and assume that these B1's will offer the exact same performance in applications across the board.....(with the possible exception of a couple of VERY specific benches).......

[railmeat]

I appreciate all the concern guys....but I really don't think it was as big of a deal as it may have seemed. The Niners were being trounced and my friend and I decided to leave @ the end of the third quarter. After reaching the top of the stairs, I told my friend I felt light-headed and we should hurry up and get out, but next thing you know I was staring up @ the sky with my friend asking if I was ok. Medics took me to the treatment facility in the stadium tested my vitals - my blood pressure was 118/72, 78 BPM heart rate - everything perfectly normal. The nurse couldn't even find a bump on my head =/. Only thing that was unusual was my blood sugar was low @ 72. A big part of it had to do with the fact that I've been feeling under the weather and didn't really eat or rest enough before the game. I'm feeling normal now (besides the fact my neck's a little stiff from my head bouncing off the concrete =P)...thanks for all the concern.
Now back on topic - I'll get my bios out of the lab today and hopefully nothing's damaged on my L1N64 and I'll flash it again with another beta bios otherwise, it's time for a replacement board....again....lol.....

sounds like your a diabetic,if not get checked out..u might be.low blood suger can kill diabetics.



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BeardyMan "I can wait untill you have some better toys to play with and to show us , i already enjoy the fact that an XS member has these toys to play with "

agree plus overclocks on air\water helps alot and not 24\7 worthy o\c on ln2\dice..ty
like to see the relaistic clockable points of these chips for the masses.