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Anandtech.
Xbit Labs.
[H]ardOCP.
Here are your "final benchmarks."
Nothing has improved. Get this into your heads: AMD Athlon 64 processors do not need the additional bandwidth provided by DDR2. It just doesn't do them any good. Not even with DDR-800 and higher-clocked memory modules (which are significantly more expensive than regular DDR-667) did the performance matter. Its an excellent move from a business standpoint, however. DDR2 is what the future is about (for the next few years) and it scales much better than DDR. That, and many other factors, make this a good move by AMD, and the right time to make the move. However, the performance has not increased over Socket 939, and thus, AMD has little defense against future competitors.
Xbit Labs.
[H]ardOCP.
Here are your "final benchmarks."
Nothing has improved. Get this into your heads: AMD Athlon 64 processors do not need the additional bandwidth provided by DDR2. It just doesn't do them any good. Not even with DDR-800 and higher-clocked memory modules (which are significantly more expensive than regular DDR-667) did the performance matter. Its an excellent move from a business standpoint, however. DDR2 is what the future is about (for the next few years) and it scales much better than DDR. That, and many other factors, make this a good move by AMD, and the right time to make the move. However, the performance has not increased over Socket 939, and thus, AMD has little defense against future competitors.