GamePC got their hands on Intel’s latest workstation cpu, the Xeon 3.06 GHz with 1 MB cache. With this specifications, it is meant to be a concurrent for the AMD Opteron series – although not based on 64bit technology. For this, it is compared to previous Xeon chips, Athlon MP’s and offcourse the AMD Opteron 242 1.6 GHz. If you’d expect a solid performer, here’s a quote from their review:
“Intel now has a superb performing processor in its arsenal which can basically match the level of performance of AMD’s Opteron at the same price points, and already has an array of chipsets and motherboards already for sale. The Xeon solutions are proven to be stable and perform well in real-world situations, while the Opteron has not yet had a chance to really crack into this market yet. It’s certainly going to be interesting to see how well these two processors shape up in the next month, as workstation-class platforms based on the AMD-8000 and nVidia nForce3 chipsets for the Opteron show up, along with a rumored 2.0 GHz Opteron processor on the horizon. “
Read the full review here
