Originally posted by: andrewbabcock
A DFI Lanparty SLI-DR goes great with it. And yes, 754 is dead.
Originally posted by: fakebun
so if i plan to buy A64 3700+....should i buy 754 or 939 or wait until next year when M2 comes out...
Originally posted by: fakebun
so if i plan to buy A64 3700+....should i buy 754 or 939 or wait until next year when M2 comes out...
Originally posted by: fakebun
so if i plan to buy A64 3700+....should i buy 754 or 939 or wait until next year when M2 comes out...
There are a good number of skt754 boards with 1 PCIe x16 slot now.Originally posted by: sandorski
Socket 754 died awhile ago, but if you are planning to wait a few years before the next upgrade it'll likely do quite well. We might hit the 6000+ level in 2 years or so(total conjecture), a 3700+ will still likely make the minimum specs of new games then. Where the difficulty lies is on the video side, by then I doubt any AGP cards will be released.
Originally posted by: Aenslead
When, oh, when will we see another Socket A everlasting plataform?
Originally posted by: sandorski
Socket 754 died awhile ago, but if you are planning to wait a few years before the next upgrade it'll likely do quite well. We might hit the 6000+ level in 2 years or so(total conjecture), a 3700+ will still likely make the minimum specs of new games then. Where the difficulty lies is on the video side, by then I doubt any AGP cards will be released.
There's no gaurantee though, but if you consider that Dual Core makes up everything above 4000+ on the Socket 939 side and that the 3700+ is as fast(approx) as the top X2 (4800) in single threaded apps, the 3700+ is still near the top of performance available. Until Multi-threaded(using multiple cores) games come out the 3700+ will be fine for gaming.
Originally posted by: fakebun
well im not looking for cutting-edge things...i just wanna upgrade my 4 year old computer to something usable and at least somewhat 3 years of futureproof
but all X2 are 939 right? so if i buy 939 now, i can upgrade to X2 when it gets cheaper? If i buy 754, i can't upgrade to X2 right?
Originally posted by: Nyati13
Originally posted by: Aenslead
When, oh, when will we see another Socket A everlasting plataform?
Socket A wasn't nearly as everlasting as it looks on first glance. The Socket first came on with the DDR200 FSB, moved to the DDR333 bus and then finally went to a DDR400 bus. This is technically 3 sockets, even though the physical plastic thing stayed the same.
* And I forget the DDR266 FSB . So it's 4 'different' sockets, not just 1. *
Originally posted by: Aenslead
Originally posted by: Nyati13
Originally posted by: Aenslead
When, oh, when will we see another Socket A everlasting plataform?
Socket A wasn't nearly as everlasting as it looks on first glance. The Socket first came on with the DDR200 FSB, moved to the DDR333 bus and then finally went to a DDR400 bus. This is technically 3 sockets, even though the physical plastic thing stayed the same.
* And I forget the DDR266 FSB . So it's 4 'different' sockets, not just 1. *
Maybe so... but you could still put a Duron 600Mhz on an nForce 2 Ultra motherboard. You COULD just upgrade the motherboard. Now you need to make both upgrades.
Originally posted by: fakebun
well im not looking for cutting-edge things...i just wanna upgrade my 4 year old computer to something usable and at least somewhat 3 years of futureproof