AMD X2 or wait for the AM2 sockets?

Huugs · 25 Apr 2006 at 00:23

Is AM2 going to make much difference or is it worth getting an X2 on 939 now?

Efour · 25 Apr 2006 at 00:58

If money is no option then wait. It will be better to some degree.

Or if on a budget wait till they come out and pick up some 939 stuff for a bit cheaper.

Energize · 25 Apr 2006 at 01:22

Just wait till conroe.

Huugs · 25 Apr 2006 at 12:27

Hmmm OK Ill wait but I might just get a 939 because I will probably be on a budget with having to upgrade to PCI-e and all the other bits and pieces. And I like AMD anyway.

harris1986 · 25 Apr 2006 at 13:29

/agrees with energize, i have been a amd fanboy all my life now conroe has got me going

can't wait

Seb · 25 Apr 2006 at 14:15

/me sits patiently and waits for AM2

Energize · 25 Apr 2006 at 15:50

Huugs said:
Hmmm OK Ill wait but I might just get a 939 because I will probably be on a budget with having to upgrade to PCI-e and all the other bits and pieces. And I like AMD anyway.

Dont worry they are supposed to start at under £100.

Naffa · 25 Apr 2006 at 16:42

harris1986 said:
/agrees with energize, i have been a amd fanboy all my life now conroe has got me going can't wait

Same

locutus12 · 25 Apr 2006 at 18:45

harris1986 said:
/agrees with energize, i have been a amd fanboy all my life now conroe has got me going can't wait

naffa said:
Same

Traitors.

Intel are an evil company, its got squat to do with their CPU`s, you just dont buy intel, thus you prove you have some moral concience

FreeStream · 25 Apr 2006 at 18:57

naffa said:
Same

Same, who wants my X2, SLi-DR, 2Gb ZX and OCZ PSU???

Jimbo Mahoney · 25 Apr 2006 at 19:02

naffa said:
Same

Same. Looks very interesting.

As that nutritional supplier says 'Change is good'

BS Dave · 26 Apr 2006 at 01:59

can't believe you're trying to sell you're x2 outside members market concorde. is that the one that does 2.8?

FreeStream · 26 Apr 2006 at 08:39

BS Dave said:
can't believe you're trying to sell you're x2 outside members market concorde. is that the one that does 2.8?

Erm no im not and no its so rubbish and will only do 2.5

Durzel · 26 Apr 2006 at 10:03

locutus12 said:
Traitors.

Intel are an evil company, its got squat to do with their CPU`s, you just dont buy intel, thus you prove you have some moral concience

I've never understood this argument.

Intel are a corporation out to make money for itself and its shareholders, as is AMD and pretty much every corporation on the planet. Last I checked AMD wasn't a charity, it isn't taking in swans that get covered in oil, cleaning them up and releasing them into the wild, etc.

Im genuinely curious - why do people think AMD is a shining beacon of virtue in an otherwise cruel and vindictive World?

Ruhbarb · 26 Apr 2006 at 10:22

Intel are a corporation out to make money for itself and its shareholders

For years Intel and MS concocted twopence halfpenny systems and sold them for massive shareholders profits putting nothing back into the technology.

AMD at least made an effort albeit though they had no choice to improve the technology. And are now IMO in the same league as Intel and co.

In a real competitive enviroment there are many winners and losers and real suffering, in the Intel enviroment you just need the muscle to get your own way!

Maybe thats a perception of those who have paid for this crap down through the ages. Or maybe I am rambling in a thorny enviroment.

turbotoaster · 26 Apr 2006 at 15:17

Ruhbarb said:
For years Intel and MS concocted twopence halfpenny systems and sold them for massive shareholders profits putting nothing back into the technology.

AMD at least made an effort albeit though they had no choice to improve the technology. And are now IMO in the same league as Intel and co.

In a real competitive enviroment there are many winners and losers and real suffering, in the Intel enviroment you just need the muscle to get your own way!

Maybe thats a perception of those who have paid for this crap down through the ages. Or maybe I am rambling in a thorny enviroment.

i agree, and im not a fanboy, though if the hype is true about conroe, the fx57, fx60 and ram will on mm, as ill always go for the fastest

Defcon5 · 26 Apr 2006 at 22:41

turbotoaster said:
i agree, and im not a fanboy, though if the hype is true about conroe, the fx57, fx60 and ram will on mm, as ill always go for the fastest

Cant wait! all this cheap skt 939 gear gonna be for sale, gonna get me an uber rig!

lay-z-boy · 26 Apr 2006 at 23:06

turbotoaster said:
i agree, and im not a fanboy, though if the hype is true about conroe, the fx57, fx60 and ram will on mm, as ill always go for the fastest

ever asked youself if you need it though?
i mean, lash out by all means if you want an extra 5fps for £1000+

defcon, you sig caught my eye, an x2 is technically 2 times faster than the single core anyway

and its also at the limits of ssoi

Defcon5 · 26 Apr 2006 at 23:15

lay-z-boy said:
defcon, you sig caught my eye, an x2 is technically 2 times faster than the single core anyway and its also at the limits of ssoi

I dont have an x2? :confused:

Heartless_King · 27 Apr 2006 at 16:07

I'm kinda in the same boat. I have the rig in the sig. I was thinking of getting a 4400+ X2 in may. Then waiting till 2008 to move to a new rig and vista.

Do you u guys think i should do this?