AMD FX-60 and 5000+ CPUs coming soon

[Static_11]

*runs around in circles and gets pennies out of the couch* ima start saving now.. by the time im 50 ill be able to buy them

 

[davie23223]

So you mean today all AMD 4000+ chips and under, and dual cores are going to be really cheap?

 

[lazerman]

All I want to know is, will the socket M2's overclock alot? And will it mean the end of socket 939?

 

[waynejkruse10]

nobody knows, it hasnt been released yet. Chances it will overclock about the same 939.

 

[Apokalipse]

the new memory controller is important to whether it will overclock well.
remember, they're moving to DDR2 so they'll have to have a new design

 

[mikee]

I want one!! but they probly won't be available in canada for a long time.

 

[waynejkruse10]

it should be similar, they cant just make a crappy memory controller.

 

[Trotter]

News flash!

I just came across this, even though it was posted November 3rd. It's an article on AnandTech.

Socket M2 Processor Roadmap; FX-62 and Athlon 64 X2 5200+

Socket M2, the 940 pin DDR2-ready Athlon 64 Socket, will launch a little bit later than we originally expected with mass production just starting in late April. However, even though the launch has been slightly delayed from the original March timeframe, there is still good news for those on DDR1; Socket 939 will stick around well into Q1'07 on the performance desktop - and well beyond that for Sempron. In fact, AMD's latest roadmap goes all the way to Q2'07 with Socket 939 Sempron.

Also included with the article was this table:

AMD Desktop Roadmap

Product.........................Core...........Socket...Launch Date
Athlon 64 FX-62............Windsor......M2.........Q2'06
Athlon 64 X2 5200+......Windsor......M2.........Q4'06
Athlon 64 X2 5000+......Windsor......M2.........Q2'06
Athlon 64 X2 4800+......Windsor......M2.........Q2'06
Athlon 64 X2 4600+......Windsor......M2.........Q2'06
Athlon 64 X2 4200+......Windsor......M2.........Q2'06
Athlon 64 4000+...........Orleans.......M2.........Q2'06
Athlon 64 3800+...........Orleans.......M2.........Q2'06
Athlon 64 3500+...........Orleans.......M2.........Q2'06
Sempron 3800+............Manila.........M2.........Q3'06
Sempron 3600+............Manila.........M2.........Q2'06
Sempron 3500+............Manila.........M2.........Q2'06
Sempron 3400+............Manila.........M2.........Q2'06
Sempron 3200+............Manila.........M2.........Q2'06
Sempron 3000+............Manila.........M2.........Q2'06

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2587

 

[gaara]

All I want to know is, will the socket M2's overclock alot? And will it mean the end of socket 939?

Based on previous AMD trends, the primitive cores should overclock freakishly well with the results slowly degrading over time

I'm still much more interested in mobile cores availible on S1...I'm only going to even consider upgrading if they are yielding results like the older XP-Ms were...I do not want to have to deal with overall bad DDR2 platforms though

 

[Nubius]

I know...I was hoping for a good socket 939 mobile chip that would basically be the next equivelant of the XP-Ms

I don't think AMD will make a bad DDR2 platform...that's my hope anyway....I figure if Intel uses DDR2 and gets less than an AMD64 does with it's memory controller and DDR1....then if they optimize that memory controller for DDR2 we should see ridiculous memory bandwidth and performace....then games very well might NOT need 2gb because 1gb of DDR2 on an AMD memory controller should be awesome.

Regardless, I won't be able to upgrade for a while....I'll be leaving to seattle in july to start school up there and it will be mighty expensive so I doubt I'll be jumping on the m2 bandwagon anytime soon..

hell by the time I will be able to put money down towards a good computer they might have another socket out