longest lasting technology

Hi all,

Which socket format will last the "longest" in the
AMD64? I have been looking at dual 940's but
don't want to get something that I may not be
able to upgrade in the future with faster cpu's.

Will dual core cpu's in the future be able to go
into older/current motherboards?

thanks,
charles....

***** charles wrote:
Hi all,

Which socket format will last the "longest" in the
AMD64? I have been looking at dual 940's but
don't want to get something that I may not be
able to upgrade in the future with faster cpu's.

Will dual core cpu's in the future be able to go
into older/current motherboards?

thanks,
charles....

I would have said that S939 would be the longest lasting. But nothing
stays still for long in this game!

JW

Socket 940 is for the Opterons, are you looking for Opteron workstation
systems rather than Athlon 64 desktops?

AMD has said that dual-core chips will fit into existing socket 939 and
940 motherboards with just a BIOS upgrade necessary beforehand. But
your mileage may vary.

Yousuf Khan

On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 16:48:17 -0500, ***** charles wrote:

Hi all,

Which socket format will last the "longest" in the
AMD64? I have been looking at dual 940's but
don't want to get something that I may not be
able to upgrade in the future with faster cpu's.

Will dual core cpu's in the future be able to go
into older/current motherboards?

thanks,
charles....

The dual core Opterons are due out in about a week, they are 940 pin
parts. The dual core Athlon 64s are farther out but they are expected to
be available in the 939 package. If you are thinking about an Opteron
system wait a few weeks, the dual core parts are definitely the way to go.
Here is a link to a review on the dual core Opterons. It's in Chinese but
the translate function in Firefox works well enough so that you can get
the gist of what they are saying.

http://www.hkepc.com/hwdb/dualcore-opteron-1.htm

Yousuf Khan wrote:
Socket 940 is for the Opterons, are you looking for Opteron workstation
systems rather than Athlon 64 desktops?

AMD has said that dual-core chips will fit into existing socket 939 and
940 motherboards with just a BIOS upgrade necessary beforehand. But
your mileage may vary.

Yousuf Khan


For socket 939 I think AMD is going to release both a compatible version
with existing chipsets with a restricted memory controller, and then a
few months later release a new line without the restrictions on the
controller that will probably require an updated chipset/socket.

My reasoning (aside from their own PR) is that they don't make their own
chipsets very often and the leading chipsets for them are made by other
companies. There would be a bit of lag time for the outside chipset
makers to come up with a new one for a new memory controller.

I could be wrong, I'm being purely speculative and trusting a bit of
their PR ... But it seems like the logical thing to do given the current
restraints they are under.


I'm going to go wash my car so it will rain.

-Timbertea

"Yousuf Khan" wrote in message
oups.com...
Socket 940 is for the Opterons, are you looking for Opteron workstation
systems rather than Athlon 64 desktops?

AMD has said that dual-core chips will fit into existing socket 939 and
940 motherboards with just a BIOS upgrade necessary beforehand. But
your mileage may vary.

Yousuf Khan

I was thinking mostly in the opteron market.
Since the dual cores will/should be out shortly, I think I will wait for an
updated motherboard.

charles....