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Athlon64 Motherboards And Chips Compared

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Don't get socket 754 by DarkHelmet · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Now really isn't the time to get an Athlon.

    The 939 pin athlons are just around the corner, which is the migration path of most of the athlon sets.

    754 series sets will still only have a single channel 128 bit pathway. It's not worth it.

    Wait until the 939 pin, and get dual channel memory transfer in a non-FX Athlon64. Even if you're only getting half the cache (1 meg vs 512kb) on the 939 pin versions, chances are you will be able to overclock it more because it's a smaller die space.

    46 pages... I wanted a motherboard review, not a dissertation :)

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    1. Re:Don't get socket 754 by lakeland · · Score: 5, Insightful
      And lemme guess, just around the corner from 939 pin athlons is ...


      C'mon, we all know that the week we buy the latest gizmo it will be obsolete.

  2. Well..... by agent+dero · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I was actually looking into Athlon 64's today; and i'm not seeing the price benefit compared to a PowerMac G5.

    Right now, there's no GREAT 64 bit OS out there (linux, forget XP 64bit) I think we should treat Athlon64 like MacOS 10.0 (sorry, i'm a mac guy) for early adopters only

    Give it another 6 months, then it'll be a great server/workstation solution

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  3. Another article by ValourX · · Score: 5, Informative

    I wrote an AMD64 article a while ago... something a little simpler, for those not so technically-minded:


    AMD 64 Explained

    Someone said above that there are no good AMD64 OSes... bullshit... SuSE 9.0 AMD64 is more than usable, and FreeBSD 5.2 AMD64 is almost perfect; in fact I'm typing this from Mozilla Firebird on FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE AMD64 right now.


    -Jem
  4. Would someone mind telling me the difference... by double-oh+three · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Would someone mind telling me the difference between the 939 pin and the 940 pin? What difference can that one pin make?

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  5. Athlon64 Motherboards And Chips Compared by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let's see the Motherboards are about 8 inches square but the chips are much smaller ...

  6. Re:Are the apps there? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course.
    Starfox 64
    Mario Cart 64
    Random Nintendo Franchise 64
    Oh wait... for the computer then no.

  7. 1 MKB of L2 cache! by Anonymous Coward · · 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.