2006-10-08 14:01:08 · 5 answers · asked by Koy 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
The only real difference in socket AM2 over socket 939 is support for DDR2 memory.
2006-10-08 14:02:56 · answer #1 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no significant increase in performance. In fact, it could be a little slower (not noticibly so) than 939 because DDR2 memory used by AM2 has higher latency (slower reaction time) than DDR1 used by the 939 socket.
That said, I would encourage you to get AM2 because all future AMD chips (next 2-3 years) will pop right into your AM2 socket which means all you will really need to do is just buy the new CPU and you will have an instant performance boost.
2006-10-08 21:13:33 · answer #2 · answered by sedaine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There really is not much of an increase in performance, just a different design for the cpu socket, this will later lead to new technologies.
2006-10-08 21:04:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, for a significant performance boost go with the new Intel Conroe core 2 duo.
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2006-10-08 21:11:35 · answer #4 · answered by Wurm™ 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The DDR2 but thats all.
2006-10-08 23:11:22 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋