amd processors

[Guest]

Hi Peter,

It depends if you some extra money to spend and what your replacing.
How old is it ? Is it twitchy ?
I have switched from a Intel 478 socket P4 3.2 Ghz to a AMD 939 2.4
Ghz X2 core; I am happy. The P4 was fast enough, but it ran hot.
Damn hot. 56C at idle, to a shut off temp, while in Doom3. I just
fixed the P4 with a Zalman 7000B cpu cooler, temp dropped 14 C at
idle.
P4 is now tolerable. The 4800+ cpu came with AMD heatpipe cooler, it
runs at 35 C at idle.
IMO, if a computer doing all you ask of it, wait for that which will
come later, when your sure ready to part with your money.
Keeping in mind, better tech is always ahead. ( knock on wood ) I can
highly recommend the AMD 939 4800+ CPU on a Asus A8N-E.

However, the Playstation 3 is on the way. IMO, PC Gaming in the
future will fade, with Gamers turning away from the continual high
cost PC Gaming v.cards and cpu upgrades.
With Gamers looking at the easier multiplayer, faster entry and less
cost, for the same fun. It does depend however on what a Playstation
3 can do.
IMO, the need for expensive Gaming cards, may not be as necessary
tomorrow, as one today believes. Time will tell.

2100man

 

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[Peter]

Looks like the opteron single user, uses greater power too. probably is
faster ? GL
my mobo wont support them :..:

 

[Christopher Range]

Is it wise to buy a socket 939 processor now before they become scarce.
I heard even the am2 are getting hard to get and whats comming out next? Ty

Peter, I am going with a Socket A(462) because, that is what I had about
8yrs. ago, with an Abit KA7-100. I stupidly fried that mobo because
I had the wrong speed memory. I am going to get an Epox 8RDA3+ mobo,
not just because of being Socket A, I am getting it because, all the
754-based and 939-based motherboards only have 2 or 3, PCI slots, 1
PCI-E slot and, some have no AGP slot.

Christopher

 

[Rod Speed]

Peter wrote

Peter, I am going with a Socket A(462) because, that is what I had about 8yrs. ago, with an Abit
KA7-100.

Mad, they are WAY past their useby date.

I stupidly fried that mobo because I had the wrong speed memory.

No you didnt, you killed it some other way.

I am going to get an Epox 8RDA3+ mobo, not just because of being Socket A, I am getting it
because, all the 754-based and 939-based motherboards only have 2 or 3, PCI slots, 1 PCI-E slot

Wrong again.

and, some have no AGP slot.

Its passed its useby date too.

 

[VanShania]

Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 has 5 pci slots and an AGP slot. Make sure you install
the raid drivers for top notch performance, whether or not you set up a
raid. Nvidia's IDE driver works best with raid drivers otherwise all it does
is crash, unless of course you don't install the IDE driver and just use
what XP installs, which appears to work sufficiently. I only tried it for a
few hours myself. This board also allows for 4 gigs of dual channel. I'm
only using 2 gigs of dual channel with an AMD 3500+ and I can record 2 shows
and play a game without hickups, except for a game like Need for speed 2
where I get frame rate slowdowns.

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[Peter]

I guess if you dont care about gameing it really oesnt matter but i found
drivers do effect proformance myself

 

[Peter]

chris thats not true many have agp and 4 pci slots are you kidding