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AMD X2 6000+ to Phenom Quad-core???
Currently I have an AMD X2 6000+ Socket AM2 with this MOBO:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128034 Is it possible I can upgrade to a quad core? Unfortunetly I think I know the answer but I figured I better ask just incase. Here's the processor I want: http://www.pcrush.com/prodspec.asp?r...&um=1&ie=UTF-8 |
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AMD X2 6000+ to Phenom Quad-core???
sicc wrote:
Currently I have an AMD X2 6000+ Socket AM2 with this MOBO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128034 Is it possible I can upgrade to a quad core? Unfortunetly I think I know the answer but I figured I better ask just incase. Here's the processor I want: http://www.pcrush.com/prodspec.asp?itemno=129233 The CPU support list for your board says no so far. http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...ProductID=2434 To get some idea of what kinds of boards are supporting Phenom, the Asus search engine will return all Asus boards that support a given processor. If I try there, I get this list. http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/c...x?type=0&name= Phenom%209500%20(HD9500WCJ4BGD)%2C2.2GHz%2C95W%2CS ocketAM2%2B%2CQuad-Core&SLanguage=en-us Those boards are all fairly recent, and some have Nvidia chipsets, while the others are ATI. It is hard to say why older AM2 boards are not listed, except that maybe their BIOS haven't been updated yet. And considering the TLB bug in the current generation Phenom, there really isn't a reason to buy one today. Give them two or three months, to spin another version, and clear out the channel. If you've looked at some game results with quad core, at least two benchmarks revealed a curious result. One core was loaded to 100%, while the other three ran at 30%. Which does not suggest that for gaming at least, that a quad core pays off. Two cores, running 100% and 90%, would be as good. The clock rate on your 6000+ is not too bad, so I'd say for gaming, you are in good shape. For multimedia programs, it is possible the loading characteristic for multi-core capable programs will be more symmetric. In which case, you could well be better off with a Phenom. But so far, for gaming, I'm not sure rushing to quad core makes sense. Paul |
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AMD X2 6000+ to Phenom Quad-core???
sicc wrote:
Currently I have an AMD X2 6000+ Socket AM2 with this MOBO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128034 Is it possible I can upgrade to a quad core? Unfortunetly I think I know the answer but I figured I better ask just incase. It's up to your motherboard manufacturer. I'm also looking to upgrade my CPU from an AMD Athlon 64 x2 processor to an Phenom quad-core but unfortunately I can't. The reason I can't right now is that Asus is yet to release a BIOS upgrade to support one of those babies. I've contacted them and I got an email claiming that the company is performing the "final tests" but unfortunately that doesn't mean much. What did Gigabyte said? On the other hand, if you wait a bit, chances are that you will see the quad-core Phenom's price drop. That's always a good thing. Rui Maciel |
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AMD X2 6000+ to Phenom Quad-core???
On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 11:45:52 +0000, Rui Maciel
wrote: sicc wrote: Currently I have an AMD X2 6000+ Socket AM2 with this MOBO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128034 Is it possible I can upgrade to a quad core? Unfortunetly I think I know the answer but I figured I better ask just incase. It's up to your motherboard manufacturer. I'm also looking to upgrade my CPU from an AMD Athlon 64 x2 processor to an Phenom quad-core but unfortunately I can't. The reason I can't right now is that Asus is yet to release a BIOS upgrade to support one of those babies. I've contacted them and I got an email claiming that the company is performing the "final tests" but unfortunately that doesn't mean much. What did Gigabyte said? Asus is pretty good about providing updated bios so long as a board isn't too old yet (which AM2 boards are not in generaly). Asus' statement probably means they just want to do a bit more testing to ensure they have caught as many bugs as possible before release, that a release may be coming soon. The real question is why the focus on a quad core right now, since so few things can take advantage of quad cores, and in many uses a single core at higher clock speed is actually faster than dual cores. Not that I'd buy a single core today unless it was for a secondary use system and resulting build price were dirt cheap, but for maximum performance at most things I feel overclocking an Intel dual-core is the best option, that if that same processor (otherwise same) had quad cores it is a bad thing as the addt'l 2 cores add less to performance than they take away from overclocking and/or cost-effectiveness as the heat generation is higher. |
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