How long you think AMD 939 socket going to last?

[SlingXShot]

Thanks! M2 going to take over?

 

[Jeff7181]

M2?

939 will be around for a while... well into dual core territory. I suspect AMD won't change the socket type until they adopt the next memory standard, possibly DDR3.

 

[christopherzombie]

I'd guess 24 months. It'll be budget platform in about 12-18 months.

 

[teh RedUnit]

Anything over a year is good enough for me, as I'm planning on building an AMD Venice/Winchester gaming rig in the near future.

 

[Hyperlite]

yep, i think the first M2 release will be late 05 or early 06, don't recall exactly...but yeah, you'll be safe with 939.

 

[AristoV300]

939 will be safe for a good while. Especially since from first looks at the Dual cores, if you are gamer this not to way to go for a while.

 

[ribbon13]

Functionally, I think a Toledo chip be fine for a long long time. Most users don't do much thats CPU limited.

 

[rqle]

safe to say for awhile. much longer then Socket 754. i cant see any reason to opt to socket 754 when prices for both cpu and mainboard are droping to similar levels.

 

[Sentential]

S939 has another 8 months at the very most. AMD has pretty much warned the public that socket M2 will quickly replace S939 in 2006.

DDR2 is the standard at this point. Its only a matter of time. The fact that S754 will meet its end in June (pretty sure its this June) is not a good sign either

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: Sentential
S939 has another 8 months at the very most. AMD has pretty much warned the public that socket M2 will quickly replace S939 in 2006.

DDR2 is the standard at this point. Its only a matter of time. The fact that S754 will meet its end in June (pretty sure its this June) is not a good sign either

i dont see the point in DDR2 if AMD are still going to run a default 200Mhz FSB ..... unless AMD intend to run a higher fsb/HTT to increase bandwidth for the two cores (which i think would be a good idea) but would this happen?

 

[christopherzombie]

Originally posted by: Sentential
S939 has another 8 months at the very most. AMD has pretty much warned the public that socket M2 will quickly replace S939 in 2006.

DDR2 is the standard at this point. Its only a matter of time. The fact that S754 will meet its end in June (pretty sure its this June) is not a good sign either

I don't think AMD will drop support for 939 any time soon. Socket A is still supported. M2 will be the showcase platform for 2006, and 939 will replace 754.

 

[clarkey01]

I pretty much always change Mobo/CPU at the same time.

 

[Leper Messiah]

ddr2 is def. not the standard yet. 5-5-5-15 timings don't mix well with AMD64.

 

[valkator]

It is interesting how times have changed since Socket A. i mean socket a has been around for over 5 years with no new sockets coming out. Now it is like every year there is a new socket coming out.

It is just getting crazy.

 

[clarkey01]

There was talk of AMD skipping DDR II and jumping onto DDR III but I think thats B.S.


Get a 939, it'll last for a good while

 

[Xed]

I'd guess about another year of full fledged support then it'll slowly be phased out like 754 was, we can't keep using ddr forever

 

[valkator]

Well of course we can use ddr forever... j/k. That is very true ddr is aging but it still supplies us with enough speed and bandwidth for todays apps.

Now when games like unreal 3 come out, there is when you will see the need for faster memory if you want good quality settings. But that is sometime in the future and by then hopefully AMD has made their enhancements to their memory controllers.

 

[Pr0d1gy]

I think my s939 will handle anything I need to do with it for the next 3 years or so without any problems thank you very much. By then M2 will be old news and I will buy a socket Y420 mobo & chip. They need to quit developing new formats every year though, that gets old quick seeing the stuff you bought bring replaced 6 months later.

 

[classy]

Originally posted by: christopherzombie
I'd guess 24 months. It'll be budget platform in about 12-18 months.

That would be my guess, except I would add 2-4 months on the each part.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: Xed
I'd guess about another year of full fledged support then it'll slowly be phased out like 754 was, we can't keep using ddr forever

754 may very well have new life in the Turion.

 

[pcmodem]

Hrm...

Will standard Socket 939 motherboards all be able to handle the upcoming AMD dual cores?

Was thinking of picking up an Asus A8N-SLI, but if they can't handle dual cores, then waiting might be a good idea.



Grazzi,
PCM

 

[Pr0d1gy]

From what I have read awhile back they will initially be made for 939.

 

[Munky]

All of you seem to be missing the point that just because the socket stays the same, doesnt mean you can upgrade the cpu alone and get full benefit. Suppose AMD will increase the htt speed or something for future revisions of s939, then you'd need a new mobo anyway to use the newer cpu to it's full capacity. The same thing happened when they kept increasing the fsb on socket a, even though the actual socket remained the same.

 

[Fenuxx]

Well, from what I understand, S939 will be the "high-end" socket for AMD through 2006, and possibly early 2007. After that, S939 will be relegated to the same status as S754, as a "budget" platform.

The first 3-4 dual-core revisions will be in S939, and the later ones will be in the "Socket M2" platform.

IIRC, AMD is going to skip over DDR2, and go straight for DDR3, which will start the transition to the 1200-odd pin Socket M2. This, obviously, will remain AMD's high-end platform for a while.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: geforcetony
IIRC, AMD is going to skip over DDR2, and go straight for DDR3, which will start the transition to the 1200-odd pin Socket M2. This, obviously, will remain AMD's high-end platform for a while.

They aren't going to skip over DDR2, but I suspect it will be really more of a pitstop on the way to DDR3.