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30th May 2006, 14:35 | #1 |
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| AMD 3500+ Mid-Range CPU - AM2 vs S939 Comparison Last week AMD launched their new AM2 platform, we take a look at what performance difference you can expect at the mid-range side of things, with the help of local computer shop Forcom we compared two AMD 3500+ systems, one based on AM2 one on Socket 939 http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=454
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30th May 2006, 15:09 | #2 |
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| Nice article, interesting facts. |
30th May 2006, 15:12 | #3 |
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| *puts on his "wait for Conroe shirt"* |
30th May 2006, 19:23 | #4 |
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| Memory compatibility issue?
__________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II |
30th May 2006, 19:38 | #5 |
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| might be something related to timings
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30th May 2006, 20:46 | #6 |
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| awefull performance imo , this is a newly released and hardly equals the performance of S939 uke: , i wonder how ppl can say AM2 is good |
30th May 2006, 21:02 | #7 |
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| it's good in the sense that the platform (mobo/cpu/memory) can be had for the same price as S939. But it's not an upgrade choice as there is no performance increase at this time
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30th May 2006, 22:57 | #8 |
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| The step towards DDRII has to be taken eventually. Improvement will be made from now on. Certainly, products from the "blue team" will be very interesting in the next few months. Our [M] staffs have been saying to spend your money in graphic cards instead
__________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II |
31st May 2006, 12:15 | #9 |
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| what about heat , can u confirm it is "cooler" then s939 |
31st May 2006, 12:21 | #10 |
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| With the same cooler we didn't notice any difference worth mentioning, the 3500+ in either AM2 or S939 version puts out approximately the same amount of heat
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