Originally posted by: ashishmishra
I think this news is pretty sad, I planned to snag one Athlon X2 4600+ on the cheap when AM2 is out on full force but with that announcement I believe will be short supply and high prices. I'm still hoping for the best. What do you guys think?
Originally posted by: batmang
its prolly because 754's are cheaper and are selling like m4d.
Originally posted by: furballi
754 is much cheaper, and is only 8% slower at the same CPU core speed. My 754 ECS NF3/Sempron 3100 combo costs $80. The CPU is overclocked to 2.44GHz. The cheapest A64 3000 with a 939MB goes for $160. Double the price for an 8% bump in speed. AMD won't lower prices on A64s. The goal is to force hign-end users to switch to socket 940.
I see this move many months ago. That's why most of my builds are 754 boards.
Originally posted by: furballi
No crystal ball here. Just common sense. Small performance hit at 1/2 price. 754 is the clear winner. A Sempron at +2.2GHz core speed will run any high-end game today. The GPU is the bottle neck.
Originally posted by: Madwand1
Looks like AM2 might not have much of a shelf life either. If you care, it might be time to bail to Intel (hoping that they're going to be better) or to a server/commercial socket.
Originally posted by: furballi
No crystal ball here. Just common sense. Small performance hit at 1/2 price. 754 is the clear winner.