Short-Media have a new article up that asks the question what's better? a Socket 940 or a Socket 939 processor! Here's a byte.
AMD have been launching assault after assault intent on battering the competition into 64-bit submission. The introduction of the 939-pin processor has been eagerly anticipated by some and left others with questions. Many have gotten caught up in the drag strip of benchmarks and overlooked the new features this latest introduction brings. Socket 939 does bring support for unbuffered memory but does this mean the death of Socket 940? Cool'n'Quiet has received a cool reception but it's a gem waiting to be polished. Socket 940 versus Socket 939. Which is the winning combination for you? Socket 940 FX-53 and Socket 939 Athlon 64 3800+ look identical and for the most part they are. There is a cost of manufacturing advantage for motherboard makers to move to Socket 939 which uses a 4 layer PCB motherboard instead of the more expensive 6 layer motherboards for Socket 940. This was not the driving influence for AMD to pursue Socket 939. AMD needed the next generation socket to carry the processor through another growth curve.
Socket 940 vs. 939
AMD have been launching assault after assault intent on battering the competition into 64-bit submission. The introduction of the 939-pin processor has been eagerly anticipated by some and left others with questions. Many have gotten caught up in the drag strip of benchmarks and overlooked the new features this latest introduction brings. Socket 939 does bring support for unbuffered memory but does this mean the death of Socket 940? Cool'n'Quiet has received a cool reception but it's a gem waiting to be polished. Socket 940 versus Socket 939. Which is the winning combination for you? Socket 940 FX-53 and Socket 939 Athlon 64 3800+ look identical and for the most part they are. There is a cost of manufacturing advantage for motherboard makers to move to Socket 939 which uses a 4 layer PCB motherboard instead of the more expensive 6 layer motherboards for Socket 940. This was not the driving influence for AMD to pursue Socket 939. AMD needed the next generation socket to carry the processor through another growth curve.
Socket 940 vs. 939
