DrEvil

Chaps,

If you're considering an upgrade on socket A, get in there quick, most places have stock at the moment, but apparently AMD has officially END OF LIFE'd the products.

No doubt some etailers will cash in by upping the cost of the units they have left!

Happy hunting, Alex

mart360

bben a few years since my last u/g not sure whats the socket A one

ive got an amd +2000

will an u/g now mean new mb ram etc?? just bought a new agp graphics card!!

Mart

_Meridian_

iTrader: (1)

I assume they are going to be making 64-bit chips only. As for other parts, you should be safe for at least a year, then expect AGP to start being phased out. DDR RAM looks safe for a bit longer as no-one uses DDR2 much.


M

DrEvil

As _Meridian_ said, DDR ram will most likely work on a new motherboard, but you'll probably want to upgrade to a dual channel kit @ DDR400 (if you haven't got that already) when you got AMD64

You should be able to get 754/939 boards with AGP slots for a while longer

jaytc2003

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Wouldnt bother with a sk 754 board as these are being phased out as well. Much better to go for the sk 939. 64 bit Semprons are ok at the mo on the sk 939 only diff between them and their big bro is cache size and price.
If anyone wants to take a socket a Asus A7N deluxe nforce 2 mobo (with soundstorm) of my hands and an XP2500 (clocked to XP3200 stable with normal cooling) then pm me

DrEvil

True, but some will opt for 754 if on a limited budget.

You could argue at this point you may as well wait for skt M2, as its only a few months away.

bioforger

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It doesnt matter what you wait for, somethin will superceed it at some point. Skt 754 as said is a good choice for high-end performance on a budget.

I know it maybe dependant on the mobo, but does any1 know what the fastest amd64 cpu is u can install on skt754?

BlkKnight

There is sod all point upgrading at the moment.

64bit OS is not ready & compatable with all hardware (as yet).

If you are looking for a cheap upgrade, you'll be able to get a XP3000 (ish) with 1gig 400FSB DDR memory & compatable MOBO (with SATA, Sound LAN ETC) for about 180 notes.

the 64bit chips are still in their infancy and wil continue to change on a regurlar basis.

When XP64 (longhorn?) has support for most hardware, more people will be upgrading - and prices will start to fall.

- same applies to PCI-E graphics cards - economies of scale & competition will force prices lower.

I'm waiting till after Jan '06 before i even think about upgrading my mobo /cpu / ram

(xp3000 barton, 2gig DDR400, Abit NF7-S, Nvidia 6800 non-pro)

DrEvil

Agreed

AMD Athlon 64 3700 Clawhammer 130nm (Socket 754) - Retail (CP-087-AM)
AMD's Athlon 64 is the latest evolution in the desktop computer industry. With its revolutionary 64bit architecture this CPU is fully compatible with future 64 bit operating systems and offers blistering performance in current 32 bit applications. With AMD's new HyperTransport technology and a massive 1mb L2 cache. This CPU's clock speed is 2400MHz.

bioforger

iTrader: (1)

Cheers Evil.

DrEvil

If you are on a budget, yes, if your not bothered about spending the premiums there is every reason to upgrade, especially if you want the fastest set-up for your gaming or encoding etc..

Jan'06 is a good time to wait until, especially on the AMD side of things, as they have a number of new CPUs due out Q1'06, which as you say will force down the prices of the current ones.

GPU wise, ATi are due to release their new stuff end of Sept/early Oct, this will force some price wars (a little) between them and Nvidia. Although Nvidia are rumoured to have a higher spec version of the 7800 in the wings.

M2 is AMD's new socket and these are due early next year, although 939 chips are still in the line up and are of equal spec at present. M2 uses DDR2 as well.

As for Longhorn - it will be interesting to see 'when' this is finally released and what the minimum requirements will be.

BlkKnight

Socket A
AMD AthlonXP 3000 [2.10GHZ 400]OEM - 79+vat
AMD Sempron 3000 [2.0GHZ,333] OEM - 55+vat

Socket 754
AMD Athlon64 3200 [2.2,200,754]OEM - 112+vat -

Socket 939
AMD Athlon64 3000 Venice Retail - 84 +vat

Socket 940
AMD Opteron 248 [2.20GHZ] OEM - 199.00 +vat

It's a bit confusing out there. . . . - without even entertaining the Pentium brand

DrEvil

AFAIK

skt 939

AMD3000 1.8Ghz
AMD3200 2.0Ghz
AMD3500 2.2Ghz 512Mb L2 <-- good one for non-overclockers at the moment, price/performance
AMD3700 2.2Ghz 1Mb L2
AMD3800 2.4Ghz 512Mb L2
AMD4000 2.4Ghz 1Mb L2 (originally the FX53, but now with SSE3 support and 90nm)
FX55 2.6Ghz 1Mb L2
FX57 2.8Ghz 1Mb L2
FX59 3.0Ghz 1Mb L2 (jan'06)

AMD X2 3800 1.8Ghz
AMD X2 4200 2.2Ghz 512Mb L2
AMD X2 4400 2.2Ghz 1Mb L2
AMD X2 4600 2.4Ghz 512Mb L2
AMD X2 4800 2.4Ghz 1Mb L2
AMD X2 5000 2.6Ghz (512Mb L2?) (Jan'06)

DrEvil

Shudder... I found I could turn the central heating off when I had my Prescott running in the winter.

stevencotton

Those Opteron prices have come down a bit since I last bought a couple!

DrEvil

As will the X2 series over the next 6 months, reckon end of Q1, early Q2, the 4800 will be at an (more) affordable price (ie not FX prices)!