Intel's new processors

[orangat]

Weeeellll, there are two things I would consider before jumping on the Conroe bandwagon.

(1) Conroe does not support 64 bit extensions. Not a big deal now, but in a couple of years it might be.

(2) Nobody has done a real-world test of AM2 versus Conroe. So let's reserve our geek lust until we know it's as spankin' as they say it is ...

1. Wrong. Conroe has full 64-bit support.

2. The AM2 has already been benchmarked and an AM2 with ddr2-800 is only marginally faster than a socket 939 with pc3200, non FX/X2 AM2 will probably actually be a slight slower because they are only equipped with ddr2-667. AM2 is definitely not a generational upgrade in terms of performance. The sole purpose for AM2 is for a unified socket. The Conroe is alot faster than AM2.