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AMD Launches Socket AM2

by Maarten Goldstein, May 23, 2006 8:14am PDT

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AMD today announced the launch of the Athlon 64 FX-62 and Athlon 64 X2 5000+ CPUs, which are compatible with the new socket AM2 platform. With AM2, AMD is finally supporting DDR2 memory. Benchmark of the new CPUs and the one or both of the new core logic chipsets (ATI and NVIDIA) can be found at Tech Report, PC Perspective, Bjorn3D, Motherboards.org, GamePyre, Hardware Secrets, HEXUS and Guru3D.

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Damn I'm glad I didnt buy an FX-60 or Opteron 185 yet.

FX-62 and DDR2 now bitches!

May 23, 2006 4:51pm PDT

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Damn I'm glad I didnt buy an FX-60 or Opteron 185 yet. FX-62 and DDR2 now bitches! : crash3087
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  There will always be something newer, better, and insanely overpriced right around the corner. Besides, ... : Sapiens
  - I know, but my buddy has an FX-60 so I'll have something better. It will be easier to say my FX-62 is be... : crash3087

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What I see is that I'll be switching back to intel very soon :-(

May 24, 2006 8:26am PDT

What I see is that I'll be switching back to intel very soon :-( : soar20024

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I honestly don't think its worth upgrading from an Athlon 64+ to an AM2; the difference is hardly noticeable by looking at some of the benchmarks.

May 23, 2006 9:02am PDT

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I honestly don't think its worth upgrading from an Athlon 64+ to an AM2; the difference is hardly noticea... : frdranger
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  From AnandTech: Socket-AM2 is unfortunately not about performance, and much about bringing a unified m : Sapiens
  - hrmm looks something dell would like : filthysock

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can you use a nvidia card on a crossfire mobo?

May 23, 2006 8:16am PDT

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can you use a nvidia card on a crossfire mobo? : pzilla
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- No, you cannot. Nvidia - SLI / ATI - Crossfire : frdranger
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  I'm sure you could use 1 nVidia card on a Crossfire mobo... And I dont see why you could do SLI on a Cros... : ShadowRam
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    This makes my brain hurt. Please proofread your posts so we can understand what you're trying to say. :| : Sapiens
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      Sry.. I understood SLI and CrossFire as such.... 1) I'm pretty sure single GPU nVidia's will work on a... : ShadowRam
      
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      Crossfire boards do not support SLI with nVidia cards. To run in SLI you need a motherboard with an nFor... : Sapiens
      
      correct me if I'm wrong, but on an SLI motherboard, you can have 1 ATI card, or on a Crossfire MB you can... : Skyburst101

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I'm now curious on why if the DDR2 can handle higher that 400mhz (with higer timmings), why AMD with these processors is till only pushing 400mhz?

May 23, 2006 10:06am PDT

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I'm now curious on why if the DDR2 can handle higher that 400mhz (with higer timmings), why AMD with thes... : ShadowRam
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- Which is especially retarded because DDR will likely outperform DDR2 at identical speeds since DDR2 doesn... : Wyeth

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I'm hoping that the AM2 launch drives down prices on existing socket 939 stuff.. I'd like to upgrade my current S939 Athlon 64 system to a PCI-E motherboard and videocard, and then maybe add in an X2 CPU at some point.

It's nice to actually have a little bit of an upgrade path for once instead of just replacing everything all in one shot.

May 23, 2006 10:22am PDT

I'm hoping that the AM2 launch drives down prices on existing socket 939 stuff.. I'd like to upgrade my c... : parker.ny

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I will be waiting to see what pops up in the winter/spring.

May 23, 2006 10:17am PDT

I will be waiting to see what pops up in the winter/spring. : MH Knights