Quote Originally Posted by STEvil
FX uses the same core as the Opteron (Clawhammer), and Opteron does not require registered memory to work, provided the boards bios supports unbuffered (Abit's dual opteron nF chipset board for example.. WNIIS+ or something is the model).
Clawhammer = desktop
Sledgehammer = server

but if you say the fx is is an opteron an a64 is just as much an opteron as well
as i said, its a topic that can be only argued about

in the end, does it mater at all if the fx is rather a opteron than a a64?