Don,
I think maybe this is your lucky day! Check out this article on anandtech:
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
Looks like a good time to upgrade to socket 939 with a new .09 Athlon 64
3000+ for under $200 (plus new mobo) and overclock it to FX-53 speeds. I
think I need to start looking at switching from my current Intel setup to a
new AMD setup! :)
On the Intel side of CPU's, I was also thinking development seems to have
slowed down. The Intel 2.4B that I got almost two years ago for just under
$200 is still around and selling for about $150. I would've thought that
we'd be seeing 5+ GHz by now, but I guess they're looking at making the
processors more powerful at lower clock speeds.
>> Anyone else noticed that CPUs have pretty much stagnated in the last 2
>> years? Have AMD and Intel run out of ideas? Is there anything
>> promising on the horizon?
> Don't know about Intel as I am an AMD guy and really don't keep up with
> Intel's progress.
> AMD, imho, is definitely on the move. Their new 64 bit processors, from
> what I have seen, are kicking Intel's ***in benchmarks.
> We are pretty much in a transition mode, with lots of new technology on
> the horizon. The only reason I have not updated to a 64 bit processor, is
> I am waiting for socket 939 to become more readily available and cheaper.
> Socket 754 I understand is pretty darn good, and 64 bit amd cpu in socket
> 754 spanks socketA 32 bit processors pretty good. But with 939 on the
> horizon, I would rather wait and make the jump to it.
> We are at the bottom of the curve on these new 64 bit processors, and
> especially socket 939.
> Socket A indeed, has stagnated, as they have reached the upper echelon on
> it, and no where left to go. AMD's Barton 32 bit processors, in socket A,
> still have a lot of longetivy to them. My XP 2800+ running at 3200+
> speeds, still gives me great performance in anything I throw at it, and
> scores around 6400 in 3dmark 03.
> We also have pci express on the horizon, to take the place of both reg pci
> and agp.
> I am just going ot wait, until the bugs get settled in some of this new
> technology, and upgrade then. Although, with the reasonable price on
> socket 754 boards and processors, it is tempting to go ahead and upgrade.
> If my system was *** now, I would not hesitate to do so.
> Hardware wise, things will be very different in a couple of years.
> --
> Don Burnette
