joshvee wrote:
Hmmm I've heard this type of preaching before and I think your wrong.........little over a year ago ppl were saying there is no need for anything more than 64MB and a GF4 and wont be for many years. ppl felt 128MB was massive over kill.
As far as the 939 goes this socket type was released as the new socket to support the 64bit for the next 3 to 4 years or longer and was always planed that way. In fact the 754 was just a quick fix to get the 64 Bits on to the market till the 939 was perfected. The 939 was designed to meet the needs of future technology and faster chips for years to come and it's full potential has yet to be tapped.
Actually people were saying 256 was massive overkill not 128 a year ago.
Also if you look at the progression of cpus and gpus there is a fast swing do to competition and a leveling out period.
More recently some OEM manufactures now are breaking contracts and buying both gpus and selling them in their own cards.
Originally if one manufacturer had a contract their hands were tied.
A few years ago this would have been death but now its making great cards more affordable since a manufacturer like gygabyte can create cards for both nvidia and ati, and ati is supplying less cards and letting others build their cards.
Onto the cpu, yes I am very aware of the cpu market, but lets put it into perspective.
Yes I was critical, overtly so for the bottom line that buying for tomorrow is really expensive and not a sure thing.
Both Intel and AMD stopped under selling their cpus to create a influx of new users, then came the price war..
Things have leveled off since then and prices will be high as opposed to the last 5 years.
I expect nothing to change until 64bit based programs and the windows 64 os make an impact.
Basically put I dont expect a whole lot until mid 2005 and a price/tech war may again drive prices down.
Also other users do agree that the next big thing is usually a bust such as ddr2, look at rd ramm, its better than ddr etc..
Im not an analyst and do appreciate any comments regaurding my theories and opinions
But my advice is this, dont spend way to much money to get the best hardware that hasnt been proven, get what you need and screw benchmarks.
Actually most of you proved my point already, 754 was a stepping stone?
Wait no it was to prevent it used as being a server cpu wait no......
Intel will come up with something in the next 2 years forcing amds hand.... will it be the same socket type (939), probably, but you never know.
$700 is alot for just a top end cpu thats all
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more so I guess you can sell the stock hs/f on ebay or here.
