754 vs 939

[bigben210TX]

whats the diff?
say you use a 754 amd 64 3000 would it be slower than a 939

[NoSoup4You]

Re: 754 vs 939

No but the 939 is a much better platform and allows for more CPUs to be used (so if you wanted to upgrade later to a dual core CPU you could).

[IndianScout]

Re: 754 vs 939

dual channel ram also.. if I remember right..

[Sir. MatDef]

Re: 754 vs 939

754 is a dead platform. It doesn't support dual channel ram, or the latest processors.

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: 754 vs 939

754 is a dead platform. It doesn't support dual channel ram, or the latest processors.

Not quite dead, it is AMDs budget platform and will continue to be according to their latest roadmap until Mid 2006.

[Sir. MatDef]

Re: 754 vs 939

Not quite dead, it is AMDs budget platform and will continue to be according to their latest roadmap until Mid 2006.

That's true, but when you look at it, budget=dead, at least when it comes to technological advancement.

[Hephaistion]

Re: 754 vs 939

dual channel ram also.. if I remember right..

Yep. It's true.

[Flanker]

Re: 754 vs 939

754 is strictly budget now. Yes, like Lil_Jimmy_Norton said, budget CPUs are a major part of AMD's sales, but Sir. MatDef also made a good point about how (as far as techonological advancement is concerned) 754 is a dead platform.

Gaming? 939. If you're on a budget system and going for 754 you probably won't be able to game very well anyways.

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: 754 vs 939

754 is strictly budget now. Yes, like Lil_Jimmy_Norton said, budget CPUs are a major part of AMD's sales, but Sir. MatDef also made a good point about how (as far as techonological advancement is concerned) 754 is a dead platform.

Gaming? 939. If you're on a budget system and going for 754 you probably won't be able to game very well anyways.

Don't underestimate the S754 sempys. They are quite the venerable little processors. My other system has a S754 sempy and assuming I put a better vid card in it gaming wouldn't be a problem. Sure they don't match A64 performance, buy by no means are they bad processors.

[Flanker]

Re: 754 vs 939

Not at all. I built my friend a $470 PC with a Sempron 64 3000+ (1.8GHz), 1GB RAM, and a 9600Pro. I then proceeded to overclock the Sempron 64 to 2.6Ghz :) I then ran benchmarks and found that the Sempron 64 equalled a Athlon 64 4000+.

But 95% of people don't overclock, and probably 95% of the people that buy Semprons for their budget PCs don't know what overclocking is =/

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: 754 vs 939

Just out of curioisoty what do you use for your CPU benchmarking?

[Flanker]

Re: 754 vs 939

Mostly SiSoft Sandra since I've seen consistent results from it. I'm partial to SuperPi also. Its made for RAM, but CPU helps a lot in SuperPi. Other than that, I use Central Brain Identifier to get a P-Rating for the PC (It stands for Performance-rating, but I prefer Pentium-rating, lol). And then, ofcourse there are the do-at-home gaming benchmarks. I tend to test on BF2, Doom 3, and HL2, thats enough games for me, personally.

My friend brought over 2 professional benchmarking programs whose names I forgot. =/ They weren't that good, but when comparing, they did the trick.

He was quite happy with his $470 PC playing BF2 at med, lol.