May 27th, 2002, 01:26 AM
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|  AMD Hammer
I am having a little bit of difficulty finding good info on this topic, and my buddies from AMD are out of contact for a few weeks.
Can anyone give me some good insight or places to visit to tell me how compatible the Hammer chips will be with today's motherboards? I've noticed they will at least require DDR333 (I think) due to a built in controller.
I fear that their pin count does not match, and thus they won't fit into an Athlon XP motherboard (like a Gigabyte GA-7VRXP for example).
Whatever you can give me would be most pleasing. 
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May 27th, 2002, 01:29 AM
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Hammer may use DDR Modules running at 200, 266 or 333 MHz.
How do I know? I skimmed this website: http://www.hardwaremania.com/reviews.../hammer1.shtml
It is very lengthy but should cover just about all of the hammer bases! 
Mike
EDIT: Manners Martoch, manners!
WELCOME TO TechIMO Squeech!!! 
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May 27th, 2002, 01:39 AM
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That is definitely an awesome site, told me a wealth of what I wanted and needed to know.
However, what it doesn't explain is if I will need a new motherboard to accomodate this super cool chip.
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May 27th, 2002, 01:46 AM
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The Hammer will use a different motherboard to cater for its 754-pin layout. A vey good article Here on the Hammer | |
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May 27th, 2002, 02:00 AM
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May 27th, 2002, 02:02 AM
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Damn, that was indeed my fear. I hate building a computer on the verge of new technology. | |
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May 27th, 2002, 02:03 AM
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EDIT - Ah beat me to it. got mysteriously drawn to the TV for about 15 minutes before I hit the reply button.
| hehe same article, a page out | |
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May 27th, 2002, 10:30 PM
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I don't think that the 64bit software will be out when the hammer comes down. They claim that 32bit will benefit from it though. The last socket A (the Barton) will probably be released at aproximately the same time, as a little sister. If that's true of the Barton, I say WOW!. Look out....
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May 28th, 2002, 02:03 PM
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I'm cuirios about overclocking. They are usuing a heatspreader similiar to the P4's. Thats awesome, and all. But you can't pencil it now, can you? What are we to do? | |
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May 28th, 2002, 02:19 PM
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| Quote: Originally posted by squeech
Damn, that was indeed my fear. I hate building a computer on the verge of new technology. | Well, then you'd better forget about building one... because there's always new technology just around the corner.
Hehe... I do know what ya mean though... and I agree. Kind of irritating... Do I buy now, or do I wait? Argg.. lol.
Anyhow, good luck! | |
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