X2 or Opteron?

[MG37221]

So, just to cleat things here, the 939 Opetrons use unregistared RAM's right? So I will be able to use my DDR400 that I am using with my 939 4000+ Athalon 64, right?
It makes sence as I know my Asus A8n can handel the 939 Opteron.

Correct. The Opteron Socket 939 Dual Core processors begin with the 165 (1.8GHz) all the way up to the 185 (2.6GHz). Note also that these Optys won't be part of the price cuts that will take place around the 23rd of this month. Very significant price cuts in fact!
NO WAY, They Will not be in the price cut?????
It does not make sence to find the 4800 X2 for about $300, and the Opetron 180 for $650 :?
None of the 1MB L2 cache procs are making the price cuts. They are, in fact, being discontinued. No more Toledo core (or the AM2 equivalent) at all. Only the Manchester/AM2 equivalent are being cut. See this for more information.
So the Fastest 939 will be the 4600 x2?

The fastest 939 at a really nice price will be the 4600 yes. Price is supposed to drop from around $550USD to $224USD. While I don't know what you're using now, make no mistake, the 4600 is a very fast and capable processor! My main machine runs an Opteron 175, which is essentially an X2 4400 and that machine rocks! I'm writing this on my toy, an X2 3800. Come the price drops, I will upgrade this machine to a 4600 and it should be a very nice upgrade. These processors scale very nicely and as clocks increase, so does performance. There just isn't a bad AMD dual core. Conroe is going to prove the same way. It really is a matter of how much power does one really need? My Opty, for me, is handily "fast enough"... for me.

 

[RichPLS]

That does totally suck that AMD is abandoning 939 users so abruptly...
Yet you are to believe that AM2 offers a better upgrade path than Conroe? :?
Seems to me they are trying to mask the fact that a Conroe today is probably as fast or faster than AM2 platform will ever reach using a single dual core chip.
Yet Conroe will release considerably faster processors in the FUTURE...
and that seems more futureproof having the best power and speed today, and tomorrow.

 

[MG37221]

That does totally suck that AMD is abandoning 939 users so abruptly...
Yet you are to believe that AM2 offers a better upgrade path than Conroe? :?
Seems to me they are trying to mask the fact that a Conroe today is probably as fast or faster than AM2 platform will ever reach using a single dual core chip.
Yet Conroe will release considerably faster processors in the FUTURE...
and that seems more futureproof having the best power and speed today, and tomorrow.

AM2 isn't really designed to compete with Conroe. It is merely basic groundwork for future more sophisticated processors, starting with the use of DDR2. Conroe is a good bit faster. But how fast is fast enough? Like I've said before... my investment is with 939. I'm not going to change now. My Opteron is certainly as fast as I need it to be. When I upgrade my 3800 to a 4600, for me, that will be faster than I need it to be. But my investment is already in place. When my needs exceed the capabilities of my computers and I need to consider a new build, then I'll look to see what meets my needs.

Buy whatever you want as long as it meets your needs. Use whatever you get to the fullest. Nothing complicated about it at all.

 

[RichPLS]

Well I would like many others like to have the availability of processors for 939 motherboards still selling. I have 2 of em, one a 7 months ago, the other a year ago and would like them to release a 939 X2-5200 😉, but at least keep making 939 X2-4800/Opteron 180's for another year or so, even if in reduced quantity and at old prices if they must.