Newbie question 939 vs AM2

[ives]

Hi,

Sorry if this has been asked a million times before.

What are the advantages of getting AM2 cpu's over the older 939's?
I need to upgrade but none of the AM2 mobos have AGP interfaces and I'm loath to buy a new GFX card in my upgrade.

Cheers
Ives

 

[ives]

Hi realscot,

I don't really have a budget as such.
I just want to spend as little as I can to get my ageing xp2500+ system up to scratch a bit. I don't really want to go dual core yet.

I'm really just interested in the difference between the 939 and the AM2. Is there a performance difference between the two sockets?

 

[ives]

thanks Pink Floyd.
Is there any performance difference betwwen the two sockets?

 

[ives]

Interesting....

So, is it better to have DDR2 rather than DDR1?
If so, would make the AM2 interface better than 939?

 

[ives]

Except he doesnt want to change his AGP card. What card have you got Ives?

Hi mate.
I've got a 6600GT

Yes you could save a bit of money going s939 and keeping your current RAM, but if you're thinking along those lines why not also keep the motherboard and just upgrade your 2500 to a 3200 (or an XP-M oc'ed to 3200 speeds, and always assume your motherboard will take one of those of course), saving even more money?

Actually my 2500 is OC-ed to 3200


I'm a bit confused about this DDR2 stuff.
Is it faster than DDR1 and if so is it a lot faster?

Cheers
Ives

 

[ives]

ok, I was just reading from the FAQ's that:

In real terms, DDR2 at higher speeds provides better bandwidth performance than DDRR1. At lower speeds such as at DDR400, DDR1 is usually faster thanks to a reduction in latency.

I presume from this that the performance difference isn't that great.
If so, it looks like I'll go for the 939 socket with and AGP mobo.