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Socket AM2 launch date confirmed

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The new AM2 socket by AMD has finally been given a launch date of the 6th June.
The article says you can see the performance difference between DDR1 and DDR2, I thought there was only a slight difference between these and you wouldn't be able to notice it.

AMD has a fixed date for its socket AM2 launch. We can now finally confirm that AMD has decided to rename its socket and to call it socket AM2. All of the dual core performance, mainstream and extreme gaming versions of the AM2 CPUs will sample by the end of this month. The production of these socket AM2 based CPUs or revision F is scheduled for April 30th while the channel orders will begin on May the 15th.

As of Tuesday, June the 6th, you will be able to buy these CPUs in the stores.

Some memory manufacturers think that now is the right moment to move from DDR one to DDR 2 as the cost is almost the same, and with DDR 2 667 or DDR 2 800 you can really see the performance difference.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29682
 
Just saw in the article that they will be bringing out some single core cpu's for the AM2. Does anyone know any details of the pricing of these cpus, as my friend wants to upgrade in a few months but wants a cpu less than £150.
Is it likely that they the low-end AM2 cpus will cost less than this on launch?
 
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