End of Socket 754 A64, It is Official.

[bypolar]

I have not seen this posted anywhere, so here it is.

AMDBOARD

"QUOTE From VH:AMD has officially informed European resellers about the end of socket 754 Athlon 64. According to the chart published today at AMDboard.com, orders will still be accepted until March 25 and June 15 for final deliveries before September 25. AMD also encouraged resellers to push socket 939 Athlon 64 instead, insisting on the larger bandwidth, lower consumption and dual-core compatibility of the latter. Finally, Athlon 64 in 2800+ and 3400+ flavor will not be replaced with socket 939 equivalent, while socket 754 Athlon 64 3700+ will be available in new Socket 939 version during second quarter of 2005.END QUOTE"

[QuikSilver]

Well it has been fading for a while. I thought 754 was going to become their budget line though?

[Jamo]

shame really, if they pushed the mobile chips more with 1mb they become a really attractive cheaper alternative, blow the P4's out the water never mind the celly

[mr_gibs]

don't their new turions run on 754? why would they want to kill those, or will it still be available in laptops?

[[timko]]

That's sad. Even SocketA is still going. AMD should have just went straight for the S939 rather than messing about with the single channel S754.

[QuikSilver]

That's sad. Even SocketA is still going. AMD should have just went straight for the S939 rather than messing about with the single channel S754.

And better yet, now they are moving to M2

[Major]

Get used to it boys !

The days of long socket life are fading fast

[i found nemo]

amd makes too many messes lol don't matter 754 will probably still be a round for a while, consider the amount of mobo's made for it, and how many chips were made....in 3 years a good 754 system will go for 100$ lol and they made single channel 754 to compete with celeron d's 462 just wasn't cuttin' it

[dmo580]

Long sockets dont matter. Even 478 that lasted so long... Do you think with your 1.6 Northwood you would use the same motherboard for your new Prescott 3.2 Socket 478? No... you would've gotten something new that supports SATA and dual channel DDR.

Long socket life's benefits are a myth. Sure you could stick the CPU in, but I doubt you would just do that.

New sockets = psychological effect. When you upgrade and yell "WHY CANT YOU HAVE S939 anymore" think about it this way. Imagine your next processor having 939 pins. Would you stick it into your motherboard today? Probably not. You want everything new that comes along with it too...

[i found nemo]

not entirely true, nf3 for 754, but every one keeps buying the same old dfi one, even with newark lancaster turion claw hammers paris palermo winchester....

[The Coolest]

The s754 is not dead, AMD will just stop making desktop Athlon64s for it
It will still have Semprons and mobile A64s/Turions.

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

BYE BYE..........

[saratoga]

I have not seen this posted anywhere, so here it is.

AMDBOARD

"QUOTE From VH:AMD has officially informed European resellers about the end of socket 754 Athlon 64. According to the chart published today at AMDboard.com, orders will still be accepted until March 25 and June 15 for final deliveries before September 25. AMD also encouraged resellers to push socket 939 Athlon 64 instead, insisting on the larger bandwidth, lower consumption and dual-core compatibility of the latter. Finally, Athlon 64 in 2800+ and 3400+ flavor will not be replaced with socket 939 equivalent, while socket 754 Athlon 64 3700+ will be available in new Socket 939 version during second quarter of 2005.END QUOTE"

Thats just the end of the Athlon 64 on 754. 754 will last much longer. AMD just released a new Sempron for it a few months ago, and has more scheduled for this year.

[The Mofo]

They intended on killng 754 for performance and changing it to budget. Not a surprise. Its also cheaper for them. It gives them additonal manf lines to pump out 939 chips and hopefully, at a lower cost.. More supply

[bypolar]

Thats just the end of the Athlon 64 on 754. 754 will last much longer. AMD just released a new Sempron for it a few months ago, and has more scheduled for this year.

Yes you are correct. I have edited the title of the tread, Just waiting for the mods to approve it.

[terrace215]

This whole thread should probably be deleted. This is recycled old news from over 1 quarter ago, and it only pertains to the desktop Athlon64.

Sempron, Turion, etc., are still going to be 754.

[Thorry]

This is old old old old old news.

754 is here to stay, the budget and mobile platform will be 754 for a long time to come.

This news was actually brought out by AMD on March 21st... that's a long time ago.