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AMD's Socket 939, Athlon 64 FX-54 amd 64 3800+

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-a-lotta-digits dept.

BudKnight writes "It looks like AMD is launching four new desktop processors, a new core, and a new socket infrastructure today. HotHardware has tested AMD's two new flagship processors, the Athlon 64 FX-53 and the Athlon 64 3800+. The new FX-53 no longer needs registered memory to function and the 3800+ has only 512K of cache, but it gets an upgraded 128-bit memory controller. The usual suspects also have reviews posted as well - TechReport, Hard|OCP, Beyond3D - more are sure to follow."

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  1. More review links by JaF893 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here are some more review links for those who are interested:
    Tom's Hardware
    Bit-Tech
    Driver Heaven
    AMD Zone
    Hard Tecs 4U
    PC Perspective
    Ace's Hardware
    Sudhian

  2. Aceshardware Review by hattig · · Score: 5, Informative

    AcesHardware found that disabling the 2T memory timing in the BIOS improved S939 performence by over 10%. The only limitation with this is one DIMM per memory channel.

    A lot of reviews you read today will not be using this, and the results will therefore be significantly lower than what is possible.