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AM2 performance preview.....

Its not looking to good at the moment is it :eek:

Think I'll be sticking with my 939 for a while yet :)
 
That's confirmed my suspicions really, although I have no doubt AMD fanboys will spin it somehow.

I don't have a preference for any manufacturer, and was about ready to sell up and buy an X2/Socket 939 system - but now I think I'm going to wait it out a bit until Conroe hits. It is definitely shaping up to be the only next-generation choice this year.
 
Oh dear :\

It is just a repinned 939 cpu with ddr2 support and nothing more.


Dont spose anyone knows if AM2 - as its 940 pin will accept them old opterons and fx51s which were 940 pin out only and required a special motherboard with EEC only ram? if so might be worth it... i think they can be quite cheap on er an auction site now as you cant get mobo or cheap ram for them :)
 
Efaws said:
Dont spose anyone knows if AM2 - as its 940 pin will accept them old opterons and fx51s which were 940 pin out only and required a special motherboard with EEC only ram? if so might be worth it... i think they can be quite cheap on er an auction site now as you cant get mobo or cheap ram for them :)
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No, it will not. But it will support K10 architecture when it comes.
 
Just like S754 > S939, only about 5-10% increase. This was to be expected, why are they doing it? Well eventually they will need the added bandwidth of DDR2.

AM2 was never anything to get excited about, but when it does happen, it should be with us for a very long time. Which is my book is the most important thing in a chipset, i cant stand changing motherboards...
 
AMD CPU's aren't bandwith limited so it was to be expected that the speed increase is minimal.

There is very little point in upgrading from a Socket 939 setup straight away.

There will be a speed increase but it will be because of faster CPU's, not because of DDR2
 
Looks like its set up to be rubbish tbh. But as has been said, its there as a platform for newer CPUs and to make the move to DDR2, not really for anything else.

Looks like I may be trying an Intel again then :D
 
WatchTower said:
I was told someones making an adaptor that lets you put am2 on socket 939 mobos. Is there any truth in this?
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I doubt it as the memory controller is on the CPU so I doubt that AM2 CPU's can work with DDR instead of DDR2 :confused:

Or the adapter also comes with DDR2 slots but that kinda defeats the purpose a little, you might as well get a new mobo as well in that case.
 
Would be pretty pointless, as for a while, there will be both the same cpus for both sockets, the new FX range will probably be the AM2 only cpu.
 
Will amd stop making new model cpus for socket 939 now? That would pizz me off seen as I've just gone 939 if they stop making new models now.
 
No they wont stop for ages yet, both sockets will co-exist, eventually s939 will become the value market with semprons (like s754 is now)
 
WatchTower said:
Will amd stop making new model cpus for socket 939 now? That would pizz me off seen as I've just gone 939 if they stop making new models now.
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afaik they arent making any more FX cpu's till AM2 is out.
 
WatchTower said:
I was told someones making an adaptor that lets you put am2 on socket 939 mobos. Is there any truth in this?
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Partially true. Its for the ASROCK Dual Sata board which has an expansion bay on it, its gonna be some kinda add-in card. I'm guessing that it will have a CPU slot + ram bays, memory controller is in the CPU. Obviously it will just use the old chipset, I think most of the new boards are rumoured to use stuff like NF4 anyway, nothing new there afaik.
 
Lanz said:
No they wont stop for ages yet, both sockets will co-exist, eventually s939 will become the value market with semprons (like s754 is now)
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According to roadmaps, 754 will outlive 939 by a year dispite it being inferior.
 
The only thing that looks remotely interesting is the 3800+ at 35W. Nice for a HTPC type system but after having a quick scan through benchmark figures, yep very little change (although I suspect any negative % advantages would become positive % if they could have used 3-3-3-10 memory). But it's a sideways regrade - not an upgrade.
 
Doesn't look like the 'Future CPU Port' on my Asrock Dual Sata will be getting used anytime soon. :p

Luckily, I'm not upgrading for another year, so I'm not too bothered about anything this time round.

Still, here's to some cheap socket 939 Sempron's coming out.
I'm looking for something dirt cheap and overclockable to pop into my spare A8V mobo.
 
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