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Newbie question 939 vs AM2

dont make me get "human resources" on you ;)

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<maddness> said:
what graphics card do you have?

im purchasing this tomorrow

Asus M2NPV-VM Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-145-AS)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Socket_AM2_Asus.html

as it has a buit in 6150 with dvi and vga + and a pci-e slot
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I hoep you're not planning to get any overclocking done on that board mate. I've got one, not very good for it. :( No option to change voltages or the divider, HyperTransport frequency etc...you can change the cpu multi and fsb, and the ram timings but that's it. I've got the latest bios but it didn't add any options. Unless I'm doing something wrong or missing something of course - I'm new to overclocking.
 
its a silent web browser system, i know it has no clocking options which im not really bothered about but has a built in graphics card with DVI and VGA which i need :p
 
If you're upgrading anyway, I don't see any reason to go for 939 over AM2. Performance is the same and they're both very cheap now, and DDR2 RAM is no dearer than DDR any more. Plus AM2 has an upgrade path where 939 is dead, retailers are just selling off what they've got.
 
Mattus said:
If you're upgrading anyway, I don't see any reason to go for 939 over AM2. Performance is the same and they're both very cheap now, and DDR2 RAM is no dearer than DDR any more. Plus AM2 has an upgrade path where 939 is dead, retailers are just selling off what they've got.
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Except he doesnt want to change his AGP card. What card have you got Ives?
 
Except he doesnt want to change his AGP card. What card have you got Ives?
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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?
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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
 
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.
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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.
 
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