socket am2 sucks

[shoe]

amds new socket is the same exact thing as s939! and the ddr2 800 has a high latency and runs about the same as ddr400. same fsb, higher price, still 90nm.

[goodgameral]

You weren't reading the article carefully enough then...

[neotriple]

Can I possible get a link to this article?

[shoe]

its not an article look on newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103631
its the newer orleans core and everything the same still 90nm 2k htt etc

[neotriple]

Looks pretty powerful to me. But, I guess, it isn't 'updated', I think they just specified an older model to that new socket.

[Evilbanner]

liek Shoe no disrespect to you man but you can't say it SUCKED after not reading 10 reviews and tests about it then u just say something with nothing to back it up

While it sucks or doesnt suck or just sucks balls I dunno I'll go read some reviews

[Exitialis]

it doesnt suck, the rubbishy firewall has gone from nfore4 and nforce 5 is the same chip with more networking stuff

theres also some memory boosting on the nforce5 and stuff so the DDR2 can actually beat the DDR

http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=2915

[602]

Leave it to Corsair. Corsair Extends DDR2 Performance Leadership with the Release of the World?s First Ultra Low Latency DDR2-800 CL3 Memory Module - TWIN2X2048-6400C3 2GB kit (3-4-3-9).
http://techgage.com/archive.php?id=5000

[123456]

I wouldnt say that AM2 sucks, but it's definatly a dissapointment considering what Intel is coming out with.

[Exitialis]

aye but

1. it might be all hype

2. this wasnt really a mega update from the sounds of it, just updating soket 939 to DDR2

wouldnt surprise me if there was something else in the works.

[shoe]

and the procesors are WAY overpriced. i thnk its a giant letdown...
fx62 = 1.5k, 3800+ single core $300 minimal price
i could get a 4400+ with 2g of corsair xms ddr500 in dual channel and it would be extremely fast but cost less

[Exitialis]

then dont buy am2 :p

meh new stuiff is always expensive, and comparing it to soket 939 isnt tht gd an idea cus the price of tht will drop

[goodgameral]

srry bout that... I was talking bout the review on tomshardware... Which didn't LOVE am2 either, but did like it alot.

[shoe]

nps ^^ but really im comparing it to price and performance. am2 is not worth it lol just get a souped up 939 :) the fx60 just dropped $100 on newegg

[Razorii]

No, it doesn't look like Socket AM2, by itself, is that big of an improvement over socket 939. Like everyone says, current DDR2 memory isn't really any improvement over DDR. The new nForce 500 chipsets though, especially the nForce 590, look interesting.

AnandTech has a fairly in-depth review (http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2764) on the new nForce 5 chipsets that's worth reading.

I suspect that the current line of AM2 CPUs, which I'm guessing were released just so people would have something to plug into the new socket, will all be replaced by the end of the year. If I'm right, that will be when AM2 will be worth getting excited about.