Question about merger

[GundamSonicZeroX]

going to be immediate or are they going to take awhile. I'm planning on building an AM2 system this X-Mas and I was wondering if I should consider an ATI chipset instead of an Nvidia chipset.

 

[996GT2]

If you are building this X-Mas then there is pretty much no reason to not get Core 2. I have an AMD system with a nVidia NF 570 chipset and I love it, but the fact is that you can have a faster Conroe system for the same $$ as a slower AM2 system, so why even bother with AM2 right now?

 

[GundamSonicZeroX]

I prefer AMD.

 

[imported_wicka]

AMD motherboards are a heck of a lot cheaper than Intel's, and the AM2 upgrade path is more definite (Intel hasn't said anything about a successor to LGA775, yet AMD has already said that AM3 will be backwards-compatible).

 

[dexvx]

Originally posted by: wicka
1) AMD motherboards are a heck of a lot cheaper than Intel's,

2)and the AM2 upgrade path is more definite (Intel hasn't said anything about a successor to LGA775, yet AMD has already said that AM3 will be backwards-compatible).

1) Myth. 945 Conroe Boards start at $60. 965's start at $100.

2) Quad-Core Kentsfiend is confirmed to work on 965 and above 775 boards. So thats another year.

 

[GundamSonicZeroX]

My question is are the effects of the merger going to happen immediately or later like in '08? I'm trying to decide which video card and mobo to get.

 

[dexvx]

Not possible to happen immediately.

Stuff takes years to engineer out. When nvidia bought 3dfx (another graphics company), it took them 2 years to use any 3dfx thing into their products.