FX53 940 or FX53 939 pin

[eagle101]

which one of the FX53s takes the cake 940 or 939 pin......thanks

 

[SickBeast]

They probably perform the same, but the 939 pin one is better for the sake of upgradeability.

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

939 is slightly faster,it seems(but thats probably more an effect of perfecting motherboard designs and newer chipsets.), but its certainly not noticable. its also takes cheaper ram, and as stated has a longer future.

 

[glugglug]

Originally posted by: SickBeast
They probably perform the same, but the 939 pin one is better for the sake of upgradeability.

eh? upgradeability is the main reason I am considering dual 940 for my new system - AMD has already announced that the dual core chips next year will fit in current Socket 940 boards. They haven't said anything about dual core in Socket 939 yet.

 

[Zebo]

939 Fx-53 Every test shows it. Reason being it's not cripped by extra step in it's bandwith (ECC).

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: glugglug

Originally posted by: SickBeast
They probably perform the same, but the 939 pin one is better for the sake of upgradeability.

eh? upgradeability is the main reason I am considering dual 940 for my new system - AMD has already announced that the dual core chips next year will fit in current Socket 940 boards. They haven't said anything about dual core in Socket 939 yet.

With 940 you're forced to use Opterons. The 939 platform is much more versatile and affordable seeing as it's the new A64 platform. It also uses cheaper memory.

Also, I highly doubt the dual-cored chips will just drop into your current motherboard. I was reading about them, and each "core" has the potential to be dual channel...so it could be a 256-bit memory interface, and it that case, the CPU will require more pins.

 

[caz67]

the 939

 

[glugglug]

dual core CPUs will go in current Socket 940 boards. Hector Ruiz (AMD CEO) said so himself in a conference call last month. All the Intel dual core announcements are in fact a response to that.

 

[Mik3y]

amd, according to its new roadmap, is planning on implementing duel cores in the athlon fx class. will amd still produce the fx in socket 940? or will it be 939?

 

[n0cmonkey]

The FX performs better in s939 because it doesn't have the benefit of ECC and registered RAM. Of course, if you are just playing games and not really doing much work, the lack of great technologies like ECC shouldn't matter.

I think AMD said they were going to continue releasing FX processors on the s939, and eventually stop the releases on s940. But I may be mistaken. Can't wait for dual core processors though, that's one of the reasons I'll be buying 940.

 

[Mik3y]

u think the duel cores are gonna cost as much as 2 cpu's themselves?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Mik3y
u think the duel cores are gonna cost as much as 2 cpu's themselves?

I'm thinking that dual core CPUs will cost more than 2 cpus. Atleast at first.

 

[Mik3y]

also, since socket 940 was made to be able to support multiple cpu's, and socket 939 not, socket 940 will be the only socket implementing duel cores am i correct?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Mik3y
also, since socket 940 was made to be able to support multiple cpu's, and socket 939 not, socket 940 will be the only socket implementing duel cores am i correct?

I think that since the memory controller is on the chip now, that it will only really matter which chips are available for which sockets. If there isn't a dual capable CPU for s939, there shouldn't be any dual s939 boards.

 

[Corporate Thug]

i would think they are more or less identical. therefore, i would go for the one that doesnt require EEC memory

 

[Shimmishim]

lol i love n0cmonkeys subtleness at getting the point that dual is spelled with an "A" and not an "E" hahaha....

anyway...

i think 939 is the way to go as everyone said due to upgradability more than anything else.

 

[glugglug]

It is the cheaper Socket 754 that will eventually be stopped.

Opterons will always for the forseeable future be on Socket 940, all the single-proc desktop (as opposed to server-targeted) chips are gradually moving to 939.