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Zhentar · 09-24-2003, 10:18 AM

Unfortunatly these are considerably more expensive than Athlon XPs, but they do hold their own performance wise. If they can get 64 bit software out fast enough, they could gain a considerable edge over P4s. I wouldn't buy a Athlon64 before the 90 nanometer process minimum.. but then again I'm an unemployed college student, I wouldn't buy anything over $50 unless absolutely neccesary... (I'm going to be crying while I order a YY-0221 next month)

I think the whole point of the 939 pin set up is so you can't bridge a jumper and turn an FX into an Opteron.

09-24-2003, 10:18 AM	#5
Zhentar Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 225	Unfortunatly these are considerably more expensive than Athlon XPs, but they do hold their own performance wise. If they can get 64 bit software out fast enough, they could gain a considerable edge over P4s. I wouldn't buy a Athlon64 before the 90 nanometer process minimum.. but then again I'm an unemployed college student, I wouldn't buy anything over $50 unless absolutely neccesary... (I'm going to be crying while I order a YY-0221 next month) I think the whole point of the 939 pin set up is so you can't bridge a jumper and turn an FX into an Opteron.