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Zenith |
This board would of been useful on Socket 754 launch...I can't see it having a use now.
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drfish |
Nobody will buy this board... Maybe if it was something crazier like Socket A and Socket 939, but not this...
I bet 90% of people upgrade their motherboard every time they upgrade their processor (unless they have ton of money, in which case they really don't fit into the 90% catergory anyway)... The last time I didn't do that was when I replaced my 486DX2/66 with a Pentium 83Mhz Overdrive. Heck, my RAM gets replaced just as often... Hopefully I'll be able to keep my current PC-3200 for my next one though... |
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crose |
That second socket is wasted. People should upgrade their mainboard anyway with PCI Express coming soon and all that..
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Wsh |
90% of people do not upgrade their mainboard while they are upgrading their chipset. The only reason people change out the mainboard is to replace a busted one or put a bigger and badder chipset or something in the lines of compatibility issues.
I think what they are doing is a great idea and should be something that every mainboard manufacturer should look into. People who suggest ideas like Socket A to a Socket 939 are dreaming, understand the technology before you suggest something like that. Also, the second socket is not wasted, it is a way for people to UPGRADE. Remind you that not all people want to change out every piece of hardware everytime they upgrade. The mainboard is like an engine block in a car, you almost never want to replace the entire thing if you can help it. |
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ripfire |
This is all AMD's fault. If they only started with Socket939 in the first place, we wouldn't have this problem at all.
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AmishRakeFight |
Blah. I think I've upgraded a processor without swapping a board like twice in the past 6 years - and one of them was going from a P4 2.8 to a 3.2 a few months back.
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ThelvynD |
More like it reminds me of the old Tyan Trinity 371 for the Pentium III when it had both a slot and socket.
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FroBozz_Inc |
Very cool idea.
Reminds me of the early Socket7 boards with 30pin and 72pin SIMM sockets. |
you could jump in now at a real nice price for immeadiate needs regarding video & audio editing.
Then bump up after AMD 939 Pin FX Cpu's price drop due to WIN XP 64 delay later....I'd have to run the numbers.
One hang up----- You need new ddr also...
your thoughts...