AM2 Testing at THG

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I found this interesting reading:

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/02/21/a_look_at_amds_socket_am2_platform/

Basically main points are as most people seem to have suspected:

* Not much difference between 939 and AM2 in terms of performance
* AM2 very stable for a new tech, because AMD has been holding off on releasing unnessesarily early

 

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Seems like some people were expecting a lot more from this review than I was

I'm don't really understand why people think the results are much of a surprise.

Wait until something is actually released before you start trying to look compare it to existing products.

Personally I just loked at the review as an insight to "roughly" where in the development the product is. And from what I read, it looks like it is going pretty well.

I don't think of AM2 as the sort of "upgrade" that will have current 939 users itching for an early change. It's just AMD "sidestepping" onto a slightly different path. DDR seems to be on the way out - and so prices will probably rise - moving to DDR2 will bring another platform that is more up to date.

Reading too much into this sort of pre-release "benchmark" is not very sensible imo. I just looked at it as a bit of interesting reading