Posted on Thursday, October 30 2008 @ 19:26 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
CNET
noticed AMD's new "Shanghai" Opteron processors have made their debut at resellers. The official launch date of these new server processors is November 13.
The officially unannounced Opteron 837X and 838X series processors are not cheap. Online reseller PC Connection lists the Opteron QC (quad-core) 8384 at $2,509. Another reseller, Buy.com lists the same processor at $2,240.
The 8384 is expected to run at 2.7GHz and draw 75 watts, relatively low power consumption for a quad-core server processor.
The 8385--same clock speed with a faster system bus--is offered for $2,509 at PC Connection.
Other processors listed include the 8382 (2.6GHz), 8380 (2.5GHz), and 8378 (2.4GHz), priced at $2,177, $1,768, and $1,360 respectively at PC Connection. Note that these prices will differ from official pricing from AMD.
The Shanghai Opteron 230X series includes the 2382 (2.6GHz) and 2380 (2.5GHz). These are priced at $1,019 and $814 respectively at PC Connnection.
