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Beside big power saving, is AM2 the way to favor over socket 939 ?
How is AM2 overclock ?
How is AM2 overclock ?
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AM2 vs Socket 939
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some of the am2's are ocing really good.
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If you're building a new rig, then go AM2 for future proofing reasons. However, if you're currently a 939 user, theres no performance benefit by going AM2. I'm waiting for the K8L to come out before upgrading. I have enough performance to keep me happy for the time being.
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2nd this decission. Later when AM3 chips arrive you can drop one into the same socket on a good mobo.fordsierra4x4 said:
AlabamaCajun said:
are you guys serious? i'm looking to upgrade next year (i wanna get in on these dual cores
) and you're saying that it wouldn't be worth it to get an am2? and yes yes i know about conroe, but im talking next year .. maybe march/april, so there will be all kinds of mb's/cpus out to change my mindif i was buying **only amd** is it worth it to save up and invest in AM2 and give up on s939?
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siresword, Lookin at the HW you have I would say you would want to wait. DFI is just releasing boards, not seen the new "D"s yet so might get real serious soon. By next Spring you should be able to get the newer 65nm 4600 X2 or better to hold you for another year until AM3s are out and at consumer pricing levels. If you look at what is going on with AMD, you can see that they had to make the switch to DDR2 and change socket. This caused Mobo makers to have to retool in just a few short years while intels S775 has been stable for a few more and they shoehorned a new chip into that same bottleneck, I mean socket . By not requiring a socket change, AM3 will give the mobo makers a break until DDR3 hits. On the DDR3 note, from what I've seen in AMD lits, revision F,s memory controller is already set to run DDR3. There is one catch that as AM3 progesses, the AM2 boards will not take full advantage of the chip. OK, why would you want to put AM3 chip into AM2 MOBO?
Upside, You still get to run the AM3 at it's full potential, and you keep your other investments, Video, Ram, Drives, PSU etc.
Downside, you can't use DDR3 on the older mobo (but look how long it took DDR2 to get going). I'm sure NF5 or NF6 controllers will have some updates.
Just when I'm finished this I though, 4x4 may be a reality by Spring
. By not requiring a socket change, AM3 will give the mobo makers a break until DDR3 hits. On the DDR3 note, from what I've seen in AMD lits, revision F,s memory controller is already set to run DDR3. There is one catch that as AM3 progesses, the AM2 boards will not take full advantage of the chip. OK, why would you want to put AM3 chip into AM2 MOBO? Upside, You still get to run the AM3 at it's full potential, and you keep your other investments, Video, Ram, Drives, PSU etc.
Downside, you can't use DDR3 on the older mobo (but look how long it took DDR2 to get going). I'm sure NF5 or NF6 controllers will have some updates.
Just when I'm finished this I though, 4x4 may be a reality by Spring
do you really think AM3/DDR3 will be out ... umm before say june of next year? I don't want to wait that long on upgrading and i upgrade my computer every year give or take.. I think moving to AM2 is plenty for me (i'm going to have to buy new cpu/mobo/ram ), and I've heard very little about DDR3/AM3 to think about buying it
i'm just wondering if AM2 is as good as it seems.. Is it the next step or are s939 opties still better than AM2 chips?
), and I've heard very little about DDR3/AM3 to think about buying iti'm just wondering if AM2 is as good as it seems.. Is it the next step or are s939 opties still better than AM2 chips?
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AM2 will not help you future proof.
AM2 will be forgotten when DDR3 hits shelves, get whatever is cheaper now because you'll want to upgrade to DDR3 and a AM3 system whan it comes out.
AM2 will be forgotten when DDR3 hits shelves, get whatever is cheaper now because you'll want to upgrade to DDR3 and a AM3 system whan it comes out.
why do you guys keep talking about am3 when am2's are 'new' (new-ish?) technology?
will am3's really come out before the end of next year? I can't see AMD leaving AM2 in the dust and getting DDR3 memory on the shelves on such a short timeline
will am3's really come out before the end of next year? I can't see AMD leaving AM2 in the dust and getting DDR3 memory on the shelves on such a short timeline
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Another 754/939 situation?
Well, I am buying a good AM2 mobo and DDR2 ram. Got a cheap-o sempy 2800, and mid Aug I am getting a X2 5000.
Well, I am buying a good AM2 mobo and DDR2 ram. Got a cheap-o sempy 2800, and mid Aug I am getting a X2 5000.
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I'm going to agree with fordsierra4x4 on this one. If you are currently an owner of a s939 rig AM2 is probably not worth it. Benchmarks showed that AM2 was only about a 5-10% increase in perfromance. In my words its just s939 with DDR2 memory added. Like everyone is mentioning we will begin to see real power from AMD with the release of "AM3" or so we hope.
I believe AMD dubbed the K8L "AM3".jonspd said:
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Read post #6 in this thread!Karbon said:
