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.09 Athlon 64: Value, Speed and Overclocking ** NEW AT ARTICLE**

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Nice, but I was kinda expecting something in the neighborhood of 2600 for the Winchester anyways, since I can already get 2500 with my Newcastle 3000+.
 
Here's a "should I upgrade now" question. I've had an Athlon XP1800 (palomino) a couple years. And I feel like upgrading. Should I upgrade this Christmas, or just wait til summer (I'm a student so those are the best times for me to upgrade). It looks like, if I wait til summer, there will be a very nice CPU market.
 
I am surprised that a 3000 can outperform the fx-53 so by so much. Thats like getting a 3 gigahertz p4 and overclocking it so it outperforms a 3.4 p4 EE by 10 percent.
 
wow... i cant believe those numbers... it even outperforms an FX53 ? so what is gonna happen to fx53 market?
I love it thoe... definitly made up my mind about goin 939 route instead of 754
 
Originally posted by: Adul
Now all we need is the perfect MB to pair this one up with right now.

any suggestions?
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I'd wait and see what the nForce 4 brings. Hopefully the overclocking goodness of the NF2 series will carry over into their next big release. NVidia seems to do good on even-numbered releases (NF2, GF2, GF4, GF6) so I am hoping that the new motherboards will rock pretty hard.

Of course, I'd expect the boards to be rare and expensive until early 2005.

 
Originally posted by: batmanuel
Originally posted by: Adul
Now all we need is the perfect MB to pair this one up with right now.

any suggestions?
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I'd wait and see what the nForce 4 brings. Hopefully the overclocking goodness of the NF2 series will carry over into their next big release. NVidia seems to do good on even-numbered releases (NF2, GF2, GF4, GF6) so I am hoping that the new motherboards will rock pretty hard.

Of course, I'd expect the boards to be rare and expensive until early 2005.
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interesting observation.....:beer:

but what was wrong with nforce 3?
 
Originally posted by: stickybytes
Originally posted by: batmanuel
Originally posted by: Adul
Now all we need is the perfect MB to pair this one up with right now.

any suggestions?
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I'd wait and see what the nForce 4 brings. Hopefully the overclocking goodness of the NF2 series will carry over into their next big release. NVidia seems to do good on even-numbered releases (NF2, GF2, GF4, GF6) so I am hoping that the new motherboards will rock pretty hard.

Of course, I'd expect the boards to be rare and expensive until early 2005.
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interesting observation.....:beer:

but what was wrong with nforce 3?
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well if you look at it is every other release they get it right.

nForce 1 soso
nForce 2 kick ass
nForce 3 150 so so
nForce 3 250 kick ass
nForce 4 ???

 
DONT SAY THAT DONT SAY THAT DONT SAY THAT IT HAS TO BE AWESOME SHHHHHHH.

Edit: nice post though, I just really hope youre wrong Adul.

Edit: howabout

NForce 1 soso
NForce 2 sweet
Nforce 3 150 soso
Nforce 3 250 sweet
Nforce 4 soso
Nforce 4 SLI SWEET BEST EVER
 
Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer
do you guys know if dual core support for 939 has been confirmed by amd? i've seen this and something about a socket 900 just for dual core.
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Dual core has been confirmed.
 
Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer
do you guys know if dual core support for 939 has been confirmed by amd? i've seen this and something about a socket 900 just for dual core.
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Early 2005 = S940 DC, late 2005 = S939 DC, I'm pretty sure AMD has confirmed this in their roadmaps.
 
I like the overclocking numbers and all. However, the thing that I find most interesting about the new cores is that there is now lower cost CPUs for Socket 939. This means there is a more viable upgrade path for those looking to get the best gaming performance available.
 
What do you mean Bovinicus?

And... how much can I expect prices to go down by the middle of 2005? (Summer). Summer's the most viable time for me to upgrade.
 
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