How many are holding off upgrading again til ClawHammer?

[Martin]

<< I tend to skip several generations of architectures at a time.

I went from a 486 to a BX system, and guess what - I'm still on BX (with CPU upgrades, now at a Celeron 880, and several new vid cards). Strangely, enough, my Celeron 880 gives me MUCH more productivity than my P4 1.6 GHz at work. At home on my Celeron I've got Windows XP and lots of excellent peripherals. On my P4 at work I've got Windows NT 4. 🙁

I'll probably get a DVD burner before I get a new motherboard/CPU combo.

I'm guessing by the time 3+ GHz chips come out it will be time for me to upgrade.

Long live BX! >>



Hehe. Its what I like to do too.

Went from a 166 to the current rig, a 750 Duron with a Radeon64.

By the time I get my next rig (which should be 1-2 years from now), hammers should be in full swing.

I'd very much like a 4000+ clawhammer, 1GB DDR400 and a Radeon3 😀

 

[Rickten]

upgrade what is that word you speak of. Me and my voodoo3 2000 don't believe in upgrade.

 

[nortexoid]

after two years, i'm STILL waiting.

clawhammer sounds juicy, but not if it's running hot.

 

[Utterman]

I may be upgrading to a hammer, but I want to know what speed and price they will cost once they are out.

 

[Degenerate]

<< after two years, i'm STILL waiting >>



after 2.5 years i am still waiting. My P3 600 should hold... or not...

 

[ElFenix]

<< and Microsoft wouldn't me making a version of 64-bit Windows XP for it. >>

they are!?! sweeeet!

 

[murphy55d]

My 1.4 Tbird also will last me until it's Hammer Time.

No plans to upgrade my board or cpu until then.

 

[goog]

Just building a Northwood 1.8GB system, to upgrade a Tbird 900. I will be spending money elsewhere in the next couple years and unless I get a higher paying job this will have to do for quite a while. At least until Clawhammer is well tuned.

 

[Pabster]

nortexoid wrote:

"clawhammer sounds juicy, but not if it's running hot."

Exactly 🙂

Let's hope AMD isn't stupid enough to release the Hammer series without some sort of on-die thermal protection / management. That would be a disaster, especially with the SledgeHammer and the base it will be targeted towards. I'm not holding my breath. 😀