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AMD Bumps Up Socket AM2 Launch Date

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the scrambling-the-alert-five dept.

Thrill-Ki1l writes "According to DailyTech AMD has moved up the launch date for their new socket AM2 processors. The manufacturers of the new AM2 chipsets and motherboards have their hardware ready to ship early so AMD decided to launch the chips 2 weeks early. The new launch date is May 23rd."

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  1. summary by The_GURU_Stud · · Score: 5, Insightful

    what should also be on the summary is that it was bumped up to coincide with Intel's paper launch.

  2. Is it really worth it? by Bin+Naden · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is it really worth it to be an AMD processor with a DDR2 memory controller? Sure this meant a lot for the intel architecture but from what I understood the AMD architecture will not gain a lot from this memory speed increase. Also, the latency on the memory will likely also increase which might cancel all gains made from the increased speed. Therefore, I'm waiting and seeing before I get me one of those.

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  3. Re:condolences by Bob_Robertson · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Actually, the release of new hardware should drop the price of dual and quad 939 motherboards to buyable levels, as well as the dual core 939 CPUs.

    It's not like the 939 performance has dropped, only that the bleeding edge has cut another swath. Let them go, and enjoy the savings!

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  4. Re:Too many sockets!!! by Z0mb1eman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Y'know... I used to reason along the same lines. After 10 years of building/upgrading my own computer, however, I realized one thing:

    Not once has it made sense to upgrade the processor. Every time it would've provided only a small gain compared to the expense and hassle. I've upgraded the RAM, hard drives, and video card several times - but by the time I felt I needed a better processor, it made more sense to replace the entire motherboard and go with a new generation (or build a new box entirely).

    To each his own, of course. But in the future I'm going to worry about the upgrade paths a motherboard offers for the RAM, drives, or video - and not the CPU, because I know I'll never bother.

    Then again, so far I've mostly had AMD boxes, so maybe there is some truth to what you say. :)

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