SOCKET AM2 BIRTH SCHEDULED FOR 6th OF JUNE

[WINDSHEAR]

but what if Conroe beats AM2 in price and performance? I think you'd want that. It would definitely last you a few years, no upgrades needed.

 

[ir_efrem]

Socket 939 is new low end CPU - its going the same exact direction that socket 754 has gone

They wont make any new chips until the m2, but they will however keep a certain lock on prices for the 939s for a lil while *there has to be a reason retail Sempron 939s aren't out....* reason prolly is "they are just as fast as A64, socket 939 chips"

kinda hard to sell off the current tech when the new low end chip runs just as fast but at a lower price point (or at least the performance difference is so small that it dont matter)

this is why my recent upgrade was to a socket 754, i dont feel so bad for owning a system that runs every game i play at a minimum of 1024x768 (alot of them it even runs at higher resolutions)

i droped $225 for my upgrade and it dont hurt so bad to see a new socket coming out =)

BTW - read the words most of you guys actually use in yur sentences - reminds me of my 12 year old argue'n with my 10 year old (BTW they get in trouble for useless/pointless arguments) and trust me the Intel/AMD debate is both of those. Use what you want and shut up already.

 

[dvdpiddy]

uh uh conroe wont beat am2 cause amd is doing a few things to boost performance
1.boostin ht from 200 to 333(at the same multiplier on socket f but only 4 times on socket am2)
2. workin with nvidia on a new chipset(nforce 5 maybe?)
3.already workin on ddr2 past 800 mhz suppoort on the second gen of am2 procs(so instead of topping out at 667 mhz it tops out at 800 or 1000 even)
how do i know google 😀