[clug-talk] AMD mobo

[Kin Wong]

What worries me is that AMD is already announcing AM3 
for the end of the year.  This will mean the AM2 will either have a short shelf life or as you suggested, becoming a "low end" option.  From a price point of view, the AM2 is marginally more money.



Shawn wrote:

>Having recently bought an am2 board, I can say I'd probably stick with 
>the 939 socket for the forseeable future...  AM2 doesn't have high 
>adoption yet, so (so the theory goes), it may become the "low end" option.
>
>I understand it doesn't really buy anything over the 939 socket (yet), 
>with today's processors.
>
>My thoughts - tell me I'm wrong if I am.. :)
>
>Shawn
>
>Kin Wong wrote:
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>>Does anyone have an opinion to offer regarding dual core (X2) and AM2?  
>>I have look at what is available on the AMD site but have not come 
>>across any meaning comparisons on the net.
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