AMD releases Opteron chips and prices through distribution

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QUANTITIES OF AMD'S Opteron microprocessors have already become available through large US distributors for system integrators to buy, a week ahead of the official launch on the 22nd of April. Reliable sources tell the INQUIRER that both Bell and Avnet say chips are in stock with prices for the parts, in trays, available too.

It appears that AMD will also offer boxed Opteron server microprocessors through its channel distributors as well. The distributor price for the Model 240 is $275, for the 242 $670, but the 244 won't be available through the channel until May. The OSA240BOX system, which AMD calls a "processor in a box", will cost $295, while the OSA242BOX will cost $690.

These prices are those system integrators and resellers will pay, so they'll have to add on their margins for the PlebPrice, otherwise known as the street price. We expect Intel to react to these prices sooner rather than later.

News source: The Inq

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#1 Chicane-UK on 13 Apr 2003 - 16:37

Gimmie gimmie gimmie!!!

(6 replies) #2 username on 13 Apr 2003 - 16:41

i like the naming system, no refrences to clock speed or confusion at all

#2.1 Dazzla on 13 Apr 2003 - 20:12

[neoquote=#2.0 by username]i like the naming system, no refrences to clock speed or confusion at all[/neoquote] I'm more confused the ever! How am I supposed to know if it's as slow as a celeron or as fast as a 3GHz P4? What does "242" tell me?

#2.2 username on 13 Apr 2003 - 20:18

what does Mhz tell you?

#2.3 Dazzla on 13 Apr 2003 - 20:47

[neoquote=#2.2 by username]what does Mhz tell you?[/neoquote] That's not what I'm getting at and you know it. I'm talking about the general area of performance. The only thing we've got to guage is price.

#2.4 username on 13 Apr 2003 - 22:13

[neoquote=#2.3 by Dazzla]That's not what I'm getting at and you know it. I'm talking about the general area of performance. The only thing we've got to guage is price. [/neoquote] i see your point, there is no set standard these days to rate processor performance... i guess you just have to base it off of reviews and comparisons

#2.5 Dazzla on 14 Apr 2003 - 05:49

[neoquote=#2.4 by username]i see your point, there is no set standard these days to rate processor performance... i guess you just have to base it off of reviews and comparisons[/neoquote] Indeed, which is ok for us but what happens when it hits the general consumer?

#2.6 Blaaguuu on 14 Apr 2003 - 17:26

im sure Dell will think of something

#3 kainashi on 13 Apr 2003 - 16:51

good news and i agree with username on the naming system, i like it too.

#4 Z3r0 on 13 Apr 2003 - 16:52

240 242 244 mean even less to me... how the f*** do u know how fast they perform. There needs to be some sort of unified test that can be performed to rate all the processors directly

(2 replies) #5 King Mustard on 13 Apr 2003 - 17:11

w00t! AMD Athlon XP 2700+ down from £200.01 to £191.01

#5.1 Dessimat0r on 14 Apr 2003 - 00:09

what site?!

#5.2 King Mustard on 14 Apr 2003 - 09:44

PCIndex.co.uk Searrch for 2700+

#6 Tom Servo on 13 Apr 2003 - 17:58

What justifies the double price of the 242 over the 240? AMDs website hasnt any info at all about the Opteron models.

#7 kainashi on 13 Apr 2003 - 20:13

i believe the 242 is for dual setups.

#8 TruckWEB on 13 Apr 2003 - 20:53

When will we see some benchmark of this new CPU ??

#9 hardgiant on 13 Apr 2003 - 22:51

$275 isn't bad but what is the difference between the 240 and 242 ?

#10 Q25 on 13 Apr 2003 - 23:01

I'm sure all the questions ppl have will be answered when the CPU's are actually OFFICIALLY released..

(2 replies) #11 pHuzi0n on 13 Apr 2003 - 23:12

AMD has already said what the cpu number mean but I don't remember where I saw it. The leading digits ("24" for these models) represents the performance of the chip. The last digit tells how many you can use in a multiprocessor configuration ("0" means it's not multiprocessor). This 24x line is supposed to perform about the same as current high-end Athlons (ie. around 3000+) but we'll have to wait for reviews to really know how it all stacks up.

#11.1 Jazza on 14 Apr 2003 - 08:31

wrong way round. first digit is for multicpu, last 2 for performance.

#11.2 appletalking on 14 Apr 2003 - 12:32

Jazza has it right. Both chips are intended for dual systems, but the "42" is faster than the "40." See [URL=http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=9539&category=main]this Neowin article[/URL] for more information. Nick

#12 Detriment1 on 13 Apr 2003 - 23:35

Sounds great

#13 astrokat on 14 Apr 2003 - 03:18

are these the 64 bit ones?

#14 npX on 14 Apr 2003 - 04:02

AMD IS #1!!!

(4 replies) #15 memodude on 14 Apr 2003 - 04:26

So, just another hunk of AMD crap, and [B]why[/B] do I care... [IMG]http://www.intel.com/homepage/images/15_botspot_img.gif[/IMG]

#15.1 hardgiant on 14 Apr 2003 - 04:47

[neoquote=#15.0 by memodude]So, just another hunk of AMD crap, and [B]why[/B] do I care... [IMG]http://www.intel.com/homepage/images/15_botspot_img.gif[/IMG][/neoquote] I like to hear all tech news whether it's intel or AMD related.

#15.2 username on 14 Apr 2003 - 05:18

cool guy

#15.3 Alasdair on 14 Apr 2003 - 09:56

You should care about these hunks of "AMD crap" as they will kick Intel out of the water ([u]in my opinion[/u]) when it comaes to 64bit processing. Intel Itaniums haven't performed as well as Intel had hoped. Both Opterons (and the Athlon 64, released later this year) allow you to run both 32- and 64bit applications simultaniously, where as Itaniums do not. So, if you're running an Itanium-based system, you have to stick with what limited software there is for 64bit. ... just my two cents.

#15.4 BoondockSaint on 14 Apr 2003 - 11:35

Itanium does run 32-bit software.... except it does it with software emulation, so its dog slow... go AMD

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