Upgrate to Thoroughbred or Bartion.... or wait for Clawhammer?

[Mltsao]

What would you do?

 

[aka1nas]

Well, it really depends what you are running now. if you have a decent socket A system already, then I would still wait till Barton is out, then just upgrade the CPU. Hammer will almost definately require a new board. Personally, I am not going to upgrade till I can get a dual Clawhammer board with serial ATA. 3GIO would be nice too, I think that even VIA wouldn't be able to screw up a clawhammer board with 3GIO(No northbridge, and IRQ's no longer get hogged).

 

[BeauJangles]

Hammer will require a new socket.

 

[AGodspeed]

Looking at your primary rig Mltsao, I would wait for ClawHammer.

 

[Finality]

Anyone know for sure the compatability of an nForce Via 266a chipset motherboard with Thoroughbred or Barton?

If I remember correctly one or both of them will use SOI and both should be on 0.13 micron? It *should* be compatible with the nForce right?

 

[GoodRevrnd]

I heard the Thoroughbred is due out in about a month, but what's the ETA for the Barton. I'm close to building a brand new super computer from scratch.

 

[AGodspeed]

<< Anyone know for sure the compatability of an nForce Via 266a chipset motherboard with Thoroughbred or Barton?

If I remember correctly one or both of them will use SOI and both should be on 0.13 micron? It *should* be compatible with the nForce right? >>



Supposedly, nForce as well as all other 266MHz FSB supporting boards will be able to run Thoroughbred processors with a simple BIOS update.

The details of Barton have not been released yet, and therefore no one really knows.

 

[Athlon4all]

Wait. You've got a nice rig right now, and really, if you want an upgrade, then get SCSI (If you're an Office user) or a GF3 Ti200 if you're a gamer. Wait for ClawHammer for your next CPU upgrade.

 

[Xenon14]

What's the difference between Thoroughbred and Barton?

 

[AGodspeed]

<< What's the difference between Thoroughbred and Barton? >>



Barton will implement SOI (Silicon On Insulator) technology. Thoroughbred will not.

Barton might have other features as well, but no one really knows at this point.

 

[Xenon14]

What's gonna be out by summer? I'm going off to college, so I'll need to build a rig for my dorm.

 

[AGodspeed]

<< What's gonna be out by summer? I'm going off to college, so I'll need to build a rig for my dorm. >>



2GHz and higher .13u Athlon XP Thoroughbred/Barton processors. ClawHammer in October/November/December timeframe if you can wait it out.