Socket M2

[PoisonPorkchop]

I had a few questions about it. First of all, I've seen a few people call it AM2. Is that the correct name? What does the A mean? It supports DDR2, but will you be able to use DDR memory on it? I just bought a stick of 1 gig and wanted to know if it will work. And finally, will AMD release any opterons or will it strictly be the Athlon/Semprons?

 

[waynejkruse10]

i think socket m2 was designed for AMD processors to run with DDR2 ram so i dunno if regular DDr will work. Some motherboard manufacturer might make some sort of hybrid board for both DDR and DDR2 if its possible.

 

[mgoldb2]

I guessing the memory controller on M2 cpus going to be DDR2 only so the motherboard manufactors wont even have a option to put DDR on it.

 

[Nitestick]

i agree with wayne. i'm actually not fond of the idea of M2. unless they can give us lower latency DDR2 i prefer overclocked DDR.

 

[waynejkruse10]

im sure low latency ddr2 will come about

 

[Nitestick]

eventually but i fear at a cost a lot greater than good overclocking DDR. the thing is i agree with gaara (i think it was gaara who said this a while back) that the key reason AMD is moving to M2 and consequently DDR2 isn't to improve the processor line and please the customer, it is to please memory manufacturers. i don't think the AMD line will benefit much from the higher clock of DDR2, unlike if you provide it with some decent DDR and overclock it.

 

[waynejkruse10]

my opinion is that its a leap forward that should happen. If they can push out decent low latency DDR2 i have no probs with it.

I dont have enough money for good overclocking DDR so i dont really care about that

 

[Nitestick]

lol fair enough. i suppose we can only wait to see how it performs in actuality. its just like i said, my guess is that DDR2 won't have a significant impact because AMD's performance is not driven by frequency like intel's.

 

[waynejkruse10]

yeah, and amd kicks *** with making memory controllers. Im sure they can do something good.

 

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

They'll make it work and provide more memory bandwidth. The thing is... We don't really need it. I guess it's just another cycle of improving the hardware in the event that the software does start taking that much bandwidth up.

Ryan