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20th June 2006, 11:28
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|  AMD S939 Dead? My local PC shop owner has heard rumours that production of S939 has ceased (or will very shortly). Anyone heard anything? |
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20th June 2006, 11:53
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| Madshrimp  Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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 | if would be a logical step for them to cut down on S939 as AM2 is their new platform and they need to ship in quantity; the Athlon XP has already gone the way of the dodo and the current S754/S939 is not far behind I think
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20th June 2006, 12:09
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| I know, I'm just shocked it would be so quick. Some MB makers have only just released new S939 boards! BTW Looking forward to the HR-05 test |
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20th June 2006, 12:16
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| Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| I'm turning that HR-05 test into a chipset roundup  on-topic, I fired off an email to AMD, hope they get back to me. Theo from TheInquirer let me know that S754 will most likely outlive S939...
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20th June 2006, 12:25
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I suppose the S939 situation is logical in a way. If you invest hugely and then launch a new product that doesn't really provide a major performance improvement over your existing chips what can you do. Remove that old alternative and focus on the new product. (Like they appear to have done with the 1MB cache chips too) Cheers | |
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20th June 2006, 12:32
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| Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| why didn't I google this  [g]S754+to+outlive+S939[/g]"Socket 754 shipments outlast socket 939 but AMD prepares the transition over to socket AM2" http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1554
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21st June 2006, 22:57
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| Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| Re: AMD S939 Dead? Quote:
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22nd June 2006, 05:21
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| Ah, you found the DT article I agree it's somewhat ironic... many sites (including myself) were recommending to grab socket939 systems instead of socket754 because of a better/longer upgrade path... guess that'll learn me.  |
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22nd June 2006, 07:52
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| Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| I think that was never a wrong approach as the S754 is budget only, there are no high end CPUs for S754 available
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23rd June 2006, 03:29
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| True, but some of those people were after the absolute cheapest option, and instead went with a 939 motherboard. Granted the price difference wasn't very much and they get better performance, but their window of opportunity to upgrade their CPUs will be over pretty shortly. Although since AMD will be slashing their prices first I guess you're right, they'll get their one last chance at a good price. Dailytech posted this article here: Socket 939 & socket 754 EOL Dates  |
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