Athlon64 Motherboards And Chips Compared

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Athlon64 Motherboards And Chips Compared

Posted by timothy on Sunday January 25, 2004 @07:56PM from the just-us-oranges dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Just noticed that OverclockersClub has a new article (free, no reg, blah blah blah) that describes the AMD64 processors. The article talks about the differences in each processor and compares them as well as puts everything in a nice easy to read chart. Pretty nice article if you aren't familiar with all the new tech." Makes a good match for Johnny-boy's submission. He writes "HardwareZone has a 46 page article out that compares many of the Athlon64 motherboards out on the market now. If you are planning to get that Socket-754 motherboard, maybe this article is worth a look."

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Re:Don't get socket 754 by OverlordQ · 2004-01-25 20:11 · Score: 4, Funny

Humm I suppose I can't break off a pin to make my 940 Athon a 939 now can I? :)

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Re:Don't get socket 754 by vollmerk · 2004-01-25 20:14 · Score: 4, Funny

Everything always gets outdated... I'm still holding out on getting a car. I figure I'll wait for one of those quantum teleporters...
Athlon64 Motherboards And Chips Compared by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-25 20:15 · Score: 5, Funny

Let's see the Motherboards are about 8 inches square but the chips are much smaller ...
Re:Would someone mind telling me the difference... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-25 20:18 · Score: 0, Funny

It means that you can effectively double the number of functions that the CPU is capable of.

If pin 939 (they number from 0-939) is off, the rest of the CPU pins act like a normal CPU, but when it is turned on, all the pins behave in 64-bit Ath64_SNM mode which is basically a 64 bit enhanced mode with extra featuresets designed for streaming data (not necessarily from the Internet).
Re:Are the apps there? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-25 20:34 · Score: 5, Funny

Of course.
Starfox 64
Mario Cart 64
Random Nintendo Franchise 64
Oh wait... for the computer then no.
Re:BOW DOWN TO YOUR CORPORATE MASTERS by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-25 21:05 · Score: 2, Funny

> How these corporate leaders sleep at night without the urge to commit suicide is beyond me.

See 6 zeros after my bank balance would be a pretty effective suicide deterrent for me. ;-)
Re:Speed for speed's sake by bluewee · 2004-01-25 21:14 · Score: 3, Funny

Just you wait till MS releases longhorn and your processor of today screatches to a halt...

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1 MKB of L2 cache! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-25 21:37 · Score: 5, Funny

According to the side by side comparasion chart there's 1 megakilobyte of L2 cache on the 64-FX! With a gig of memory on die, no wonder it's so expensive.
Re:Would someone mind telling me the difference... by Imperator · 2004-01-25 23:22 · Score: 4, Funny

Wow, the 941-pin socket must be really something!

Cheers, :)

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Feeling lucky? by A+nonymous+Coward · 2004-01-26 00:24 · Score: 2, Funny

Which one?

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Why the big fuss over 64? by 386spart · 2004-01-26 00:34 · Score: 3, Funny

Commodore already did it in the 80s!