How high will 939 go?

[MBrown]

How high will 939 go? Will it go beyond 5000?

 

[doc2345]

Oh geeeee, how do you define 5000?

 

[n7]

Uh...

Maybe clarify your question. I think i know what you are asking, but i don't think you understand what you are asking.

 

[DanDaMan315]

Basically he wants to know how long his socket is going to last him. How many more chips does 939 have before EOL.

 

[Insomniak]

I think they'll be able to make it to 5500+ models or so before they retire 939.

 

[imported_Kensai]

I believe FX-59 will be the end of the line for S939. I don't know about the A64 or X2 series.

 

[Jeff7181]

I think the X2 line will always been slightly behind the FX line. So if the FX line tops out with the FX-59 at 3.0 GHz, the X2 line will probably top out at 2.8 GHz.

 

[fstime]

I dont think we will see much more out of 939.

Maybe a few speed bumps.

 

[sandorski]

Socket 939 5000+ X2 is on AMDs Roadmap, but no further info has been released.

 

[Mogadon]

A related question.

Is S939 basicaly an enthusiasts thing?e

 

[TGS]

Originally posted by: Mogadon
A related question.

Is S939 basicaly an enthusiasts thing?e

Depends on what your definition of enthusiast is. Minor speed increase from dual channel, drop in dual core upgradability?

The former is most likely for the enthusiast, the latter is for those who want to take advantage of heavy multitasking or multithreaded apps. I don't think that qualifies as an enthusiast though. Just someone who uses more cpu cycles than single core joe sixpack.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

we'll probably have Sempron options on s939 once A64/X2/FX support is dropped from it. Perhaps even Turion options, assuming AMD doesn't develop a specific socket for a unique mobile only oriented part, true competition for the Pentium M. However I doubt that woud happen. I'd assume we'd see a mobile dual core chip on the 939 socket to compete with a dual core Pentium M, but you never know, perhaps AMD will make great strides in sales and have the gains needed to develop a unique mobile platform which would mean less gold overclocking mobile chips on the desktop front.

Although I agree, I doubt we'd see much past 2.6-2.8GHz X2 and 3.0GHz FX if AMD decides to even bother with it - breaking the 3GHz barrier seems less and less important now that dualcore is here to stay...until tripple or quad or morecore or whatever is coming next that is 😉

 

[MBrown]

Originally posted by: n7
Uh...

Maybe clarify your question. I think i know what you are asking, but i don't think you understand what you are asking.

Im just asking how high will they go speed wise til they switch totally over to m2. Specifically the X2

 

[BitByBit]

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2476&p=2
It looks like the fastest processor on S939 will be the 3.0GHz FX-59, as subsequent models seem to be for Socket M2, according to that roadmap.