So Ed keeps telling me to wait for 939. He seems to think it will be fast and worth the wait. But then again that's what he said about the Prescott and DDR2 and PCI-E. Prescott was DOA. From what I'm gathering DDR2 isn't going to be worth it for a long time. Now many review sites are beginning to question the need for PCI-E.
This seems to me like a classic case of the tail wagging the dog.
Questions:
1) 939 ONLY offers dual channel over 754's single channel, right? If the nforce2 boards are any indication dual only has a performance advantage of like 5-10% over single in SYNTHETIC tests. In real world tests it's much smaller. Is this right?
2) People seem to say 939 will be expensive. Is this true? Even if they are relatively inexpensive, 754 boards are DIRT cheap. I wouldnt expect 939 to be as cheap as 754 for a while.
3) That said, what the heck is the big 939 deal anyway?!?
This seems to me like a classic case of the tail wagging the dog.
Questions:
1) 939 ONLY offers dual channel over 754's single channel, right? If the nforce2 boards are any indication dual only has a performance advantage of like 5-10% over single in SYNTHETIC tests. In real world tests it's much smaller. Is this right?
2) People seem to say 939 will be expensive. Is this true? Even if they are relatively inexpensive, 754 boards are DIRT cheap. I wouldnt expect 939 to be as cheap as 754 for a while.
3) That said, what the heck is the big 939 deal anyway?!?