How long you think AMD 939 socket going to last?

[Gerbil333]

Originally posted by: 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.

Yes, I agree with that. My first socket A system was an Abit KT7A with the VIA KT133A chipset: SDR memory, and a maximum FSB of 133MHz. The maximum CPU it supported officially was the Athlon 1.4GHz Thunderbird C. But, I managed to get an Athlon XP 1600+ to work fine in it, and I bet it would have worked with up to a 2000+, maybe even a 2100+ (Palominos).

However, you're not considering one thing. When I upgraded from the Abit KT7A to my first DDR board, an Abit KR7A-RAID with the VIA KT266A chipset, I kept my Athlon XP 1600+. That made the transition much cheaper, since I only had to buy a new motherboard and RAM. After about 6 months, I upgraded to an Athlon XP 2000+.

After the KR7A-RAID, I upgraded to an nForce 2 mobo to catch up on all of the new technologies and CPU support: AGP 8x, USB 2.0, SATA, 333MHz/400MHZ FSB, etc. Again, I kept the CPU for a while, and later upgraded to an Athlon XP 2500+.

Each newer chipset has support for all previous CPUs. I could stick a 650MHz Duron in my Abit NF7-S 2.0 or Asus A7N8X Deluxe 2.0, not that I'd want to.

So, keeping the same CPU socket for several generations of CPUs really makes upgrades easy. Yes, you'll still have to replace the motherboard to get the new technologies, but you won't have to buy a new CPU at the same time. That's what I loved about the socket A era.

 

[Promit]

Yes, I agree with that. My first socket A system was an Abit KT7A with the VIA KT133A chipset: SDR memory, and a maximum FSB of 133MHz. The maximum CPU it supported officially was the Athlon 1.4GHz Thunderbird C. But, I managed to get an Athlon XP 1600+ to work fine in it, and I bet it would have worked with up to a 2000+, maybe even a 2100+ (Palominos).

Just so you know, a 133 FSB will accept an XP Mobile 3000+

 

[ebeats]

Originally posted by: 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.

Yea... I still have 386 33mhz, 486 100mhz, p1 75mhz, and p2 400mhz all of which I paid close to $2000 each for.......... if anything it's slower now.. cause you can still get away with a 2ghz p4 or amd xp barton for decent preformance for the average user. only the enthusiast needs to spend $2000 on a new PC every year now.

 

[sbuckler]

Check out the roadmap
http://img109.echo.cx/img109/9121/athlon643nk.gif
Basically the 90nm 64 X2 cpu's coming out in June are the last high end chip for 939. I only expect the initial M2 ones to be a little faster cause they are still 90nm but once 65nm chips start appearing 939 will history.