Will OCUK be getting anymore S939 X2 chips??

[yungun]

S939 AMD X2 upgrade discussion *renamed*

Basically, I have a A64 4000+ atm.

I want to go dual core, and want something I'm not going to lose performance from, so basically the 4400, 4600 and 4800 are options. Not sure if a 4400 would out perform a A64 4000+?

So been looking around and basically seems like all the S939s have disappeared of the face of the planet? Whats the deal with this am I doomed?

 

[yungun]

As far as I know they aren't being produced any more so OCUK won't be getting any in.

You're best bet would be a 2nd hand x2 off of ebay or a new core 2 duo rig from OCUK.

Core2 ain't an option really as I wanna stick with my Shuttle/don't have the cash for a new setup really.

So whats the performance of a 4400 X2 compared with a 4000+ A64?

 

[yungun]

I wasn't planning on overclocking though, my shuttle is hot enough

Would any of those chips offer a performance boost against a 4000+ at stock, I'm thinking no, and defo not 140 quids worth =/

 

[yungun]

I'm quite tempted to just splash 200 quid and get an Opteron 185. Sadly ain't no Opetron compariosons on Toms Hardware, I take it this best would decimate all in its path?

 

[yungun]

Just won a 4400 X2 on ebay, a *tad* (£40ish) more expensive than as mentioned earlier in this thread, but I guess the prices of these will be going up for a while, they are like £200+ new and drying up fast, so I'm happy

wheee

 

[yungun]

OK so I've got the 4400 in now, looked good, runs 10C lower than my 4000+ @ stock.

So then the downer came, I ran 3dmark06 and it did visibly worse in the CPU tests than the 4000+, this surely isn't right? As according to tomshardware there should be a 1000 or so point gain..

I was getting aroung 6300 marks before and I got a lowly 5787 this time.

Which surely is lowly for:

4400+ X2
8800GTS 640MB
2GB Geil Value DDR400

Thoughts??

EDIT- meh it's xp sp1 not finding the second core arf ;o

 

[yungun]

Installed Vista 64 bit....

3dmark06 score: 7603

ownage Shuttle!

 

[yungun]

Well seeing as the X2's temps are pretty low I think I'll see how far I can clock it at stock volts, just out of interest of course

As for the 8800 It's already at 550Mhz and under load it hits ~83C, so I'm not in a rush to start pushing it. However this is just the gfx card as my system temps are actually v. nice now with everything @ stock.