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Posted by Dave Martindale on 11/07/07 20:47
goofie@flikken.net writes:
>>Go ahead and buy a new machine now, just make sure the motherboard will
>>support Penryn when it comes out (e.g. P35 chipset).
>Just read a test where the P35 was beaten again by the Nvidia i680 chipset.
>And so it goes on and on and on ;-)
Leapfrogging performance goes on all the time. My main point was to
select a motherboard using a chipset that is ready for the next
generation of processors, not just the current one. That makes
upgrading simple and relatively cheap when the time comes. Worth
paying a little more now.
The P35 is just what I'm familiar with. It supports the voltages and
FSB clock rates needed for the 45 nm processors when they appear, and
will handle faster memory when its price comes down (I currently have
DDR2800).
Dave
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