Write AMD and tell them NO to dropping the 754 CPU's

I just purchased mine 3 weeks ago, and it just became available 4 weeks ago
(Chaintech VNF3-250). I don't want to see my investment go the way of the
dinosaur in less than a year?


thank you,

Wayne

Wayne @ W. wrote:
I just purchased mine 3 weeks ago, and it just became available 4 weeks
ago (Chaintech VNF3-250). I don't want to see my investment go the way of
the dinosaur in less than a year?


Yeah, and write to all your other manufacturers and tell them that you want
them to stop advancing their products. That you really were happy with the
ISA bus, and the 386. That all this mindless progression is ridiculous.

Seriously, this is the computing industry. Stuff changes. Stuff becomes
obsolete. It's $100 for a new motherboard... get over it.

Ben
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just b happy and enjoy your purchase, nothing ever lasts long in the
hardware world of the pc or anything else electronic for that matter.
just enjoy what u have now and upgrade next year to the latest
techo that will b out of date almost as soon as you have purchaesd it.
technology is a wonderfull thing.
don't u just love it.
come on come on get happy, 64bit is here to day.
now we will have to waite for the software to catch up.
ain't life just great.

Every motherboard I have purchased since the 286 has had a lifetime of
several years. (before the 286 I just purchased ready mades)
Even my Pentium 3 motherboard was updated from 450mhz to 1ghz over the space
of a couple of years. But from what I read at AMDTEch, the last 754 chip
for this motherboard is coming out in June, that is the 3700+.

Let's see. New 250 chipset comes out in last part of April (really could say
May as it was about April 28th and only 3 days from May), then last new cpu
to support it comes out in June. So that is a lifespan of 2 months?

I have written AMD myself, and I was hoping for some support from some of
you that just purchased the Nforce3 250 based motherboards.


Wayne

"phil" wrote in message news:9YLrc.52$yw5.31@newsfe5-win...
just b happy and enjoy your purchase, nothing ever lasts long in the
hardware world of the pc or anything else electronic for that matter.
just enjoy what u have now and upgrade next year to the latest
techo that will b out of date almost as soon as you have purchaesd it.
technology is a wonderfull thing.
don't u just love it.
come on come on get happy, 64bit is here to day.
now we will have to waite for the software to catch up.
ain't life just great.

"Wayne @ W." wrote in message
...
Every motherboard I have purchased since the 286 has had a lifetime of
several years. (before the 286 I just purchased ready mades)
Even my Pentium 3 motherboard was updated from 450mhz to 1ghz over the
space
of a couple of years. But from what I read at AMDTEch, the last 754 chip
for this motherboard is coming out in June, that is the 3700+.

Let's see. New 250 chipset comes out in last part of April (really could
say
May as it was about April 28th and only 3 days from May), then last new
cpu
to support it comes out in June. So that is a lifespan of 2 months?

I have written AMD myself, and I was hoping for some support from some of
you that just purchased the Nforce3 250 based motherboards.


Wayne


I doubt you'll get much support, there was MUCH talk about this ahead of
time and if you put just a bit of research into the kit BEFORE you bought it
then you would have know this. I say it's your fault to be honest but
"Shrug"

you that just purchased the Nforce3 250 based motherboards.

sorry i went the way of a, gigabyte k8vt800 pro, rev1 board and chipset,
after reading reviews of
the different chipsets available for the amd chip, as i'm like a boy in a
sweetshop and could not wait
to get my hands on the latest technology but what you have to realize is
that the chipsets are a new technology
too and have to be improved upon and have to change when the cpu's up their
anti, yes u have to blame amd
i know, for changing their technology but it is only because they find a
newer/better and or faster/cheaper way
of doing things and the chipset makers have to keep up.

i'm pi**ed off at buying a 3000+ chip to find out it is a sort of reject
chip because of the faulty cache, had i
have read that before buying the chip i would have got the 3200+ chip
instead.

but from what you say in 6months or so time maybe, i will not be-able to
take my chip out and put it in another better
improved board as there will not be any made, then, to fit my chip. now
thats a pain as the memory i purchased will
not probably work in the new board either, so all in total thats about £400
for the 3 items down the drain.
it makes me wish i had a laptop.

sorry if you thought i was putting you down for moaning, i was not, i was
just not thinking before typing.
be happy anyway, life aswell as technology has a too short a lifespan.

That's ok. )

I am happy with my new mobo & cpu btw.Also, I have the 3200+ 64 chip, but
like you, it won't fit in future motherboards... unless remember the
Pentium 3 chips that were slot one? Well, when they came out with the Socket
370 design, some companies came out with an adaptor that let you use these
newer chips on the older motherboards.

Hopefully they will do the same for our CPU's. )


"phil" wrote in message news:RYOrc.72$yw5.45@newsfe5-win...

you that just purchased the Nforce3 250 based motherboards.

sorry i went the way of a, gigabyte k8vt800 pro, rev1 board and chipset,
after reading reviews of
the different chipsets available for the amd chip, as i'm like a boy in a
sweetshop and could not wait
to get my hands on the latest technology but what you have to realize is
that the chipsets are a new technology
too and have to be improved upon and have to change when the cpu's up
their
anti, yes u have to blame amd
i know, for changing their technology but it is only because they find a
newer/better and or faster/cheaper way
of doing things and the chipset makers have to keep up.

i'm pi**ed off at buying a 3000+ chip to find out it is a sort of reject
chip because of the faulty cache, had i
have read that before buying the chip i would have got the 3200+ chip
instead.

but from what you say in 6months or so time maybe, i will not be-able to
take my chip out and put it in another better
improved board as there will not be any made, then, to fit my chip. now
thats a pain as the memory i purchased will
not probably work in the new board either, so all in total thats about
£400
for the 3 items down the drain.
it makes me wish i had a laptop.

sorry if you thought i was putting you down for moaning, i was not, i was
just not thinking before typing.
be happy anyway, life aswell as technology has a too short a lifespan.

"rstlne" wrote in message
...

"Wayne @ W." wrote in message
...
Every motherboard I have purchased since the 286 has had a lifetime of
several years. (before the 286 I just purchased ready mades)
Even my Pentium 3 motherboard was updated from 450mhz to 1ghz over the
space
of a couple of years. But from what I read at AMDTEch, the last 754
chip
for this motherboard is coming out in June, that is the 3700+.

Let's see. New 250 chipset comes out in last part of April (really could
say
May as it was about April 28th and only 3 days from May), then last new
cpu
to support it comes out in June. So that is a lifespan of 2 months?

I have written AMD myself, and I was hoping for some support from some
of
you that just purchased the Nforce3 250 based motherboards.


Wayne


I doubt you'll get much support, there was MUCH talk about this ahead of
time and if you put just a bit of research into the kit BEFORE you bought
it
then you would have know this. I say it's your fault to be honest but
"Shrug"



I never heard a word about them dropping 754 support. On the contrary, what
I heard was they were dropping the 940 type chips in favor of 939's.

Have any salt to rub in? (

When I bought my 3000+ chip (and socket 754 MSI FIS2r board), I knew full
well what I was getting. The "half-cache" 3000+ had been tested by multiple
websites and they couldn't find any real difference other than price between
the 3000+ and the 3200+. As for the 754 socket, I guess this board will
never see another CPU than what it has. My normal motherboard life cycle is
15 months to 18 months anyway.

This case is now on its third set of internals. It will probably be its
last.
I spent just under $500 US for new motherboard, CPU, heatsink, DDR and got
the nicest & fastest computer I've ever owned.
I bet I can do it again one year from now.

JonB - TeAm Anandtech

"phil" wrote in message news:RYOrc.72$yw5.45@newsfe5-win...


i'm pi**ed off at buying a 3000+ chip to find out it is a sort of reject
chip because of the faulty cache, had i
have read that before buying the chip i would have got the 3200+ chip
instead.

"phil" wrote in message news:RYOrc.72$yw5.45@newsfe5-win...

" i'm pi**ed off at buying a 3000+ chip to find out it is a sort of reject
chip because of the faulty cache, had i have read that before buying the
chip i would have got the 3200+ chip instead. "


Most components in any PC are *rejects* of some sort, having been passed
down from section to section after failing the higher-end testing. If
manufacturers had seperate production lines for each CPU speed, then they
would all cost the end-user much more because of the lower yield.

Maybe you should take your frustrations out on your Athlon 64 3000+ by
putting it in the microwave. Go on, teach those sneaky *******s at AMD a
good lesson.