AMD Opteron Preview

[Belwarrior]

The Link

http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/articles.hwz?cid=2&aid=723

I am more interested in the nVidia motherboard... finally i see 4 ddr ram slots

Time to start saving $$$$

[Wombat]

Re: AMD Opteron Preview

Originally posted by Belwarrior

I am more interested in the nVidia motherboard... finally i see 4 ddr ram slots

There are four DDR slots because the Opteron has a 128-bit wide data bus. Therefore, you need two DDR sticks to get that width. Time to install your memory in matching pairs again. Itanium has had this for a few years now. The last boards I played with had 16 DDR slots or more.

[Kooldino]

Yup, what Wombat said.

Wombat: WOW, 16DDR slots? Geez. What were these things running? DB servers?

[Novdid]

Re: Re: AMD Opteron Preview

Originally posted by Wombat
There are four DDR slots because the Opteron has a 128-bit wide data bus. Therefore, you need two DDR sticks to get that width. Time to install your memory in matching pairs again. Itanium has had this for a few years now. The last boards I played with had 16 DDR slots or more.

Yes and if I have gotten my facts straight, then 8-way Opteron MB's will also have at least 16 slots as you would need to install the dimm's in pairs to use both memory channels on each CPU.