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yagga
18 Apr 2004, 07:45pm
What are the differences? Does the fx have many reputable company motherboards to support it and optimize it?
Nive11en
18 Apr 2004, 07:50pm
I could explain ya well but I lack the technical vocabulary. FX can do dual ram, like Citrixmetas 2x512 they work faster together. And Athlon64 can't do that, it can still do 2x512 but not as fast as the FX. I hope I explained it right. I know I found a nice graph comparing the capabilities of AthlonXP, Athlon64 and AthlonFX.

Anyway I direct you to HEXUS.net (http://www.hexus.net) - click on reviews, then processors, and just choose the processor you want to learn about, they have extremely indepth and very interesting reviews, as well as great comparisons to other cpus!
GnomeWizardd
18 Apr 2004, 07:59pm
its just pretty simple FX can do dual channel ram 64 fant therfore more mem bandwidth i still dont think its worth the price yet
Wild Child
23 Apr 2004, 06:15pm
The FX has the dual band and is un-locked. The regular 64 is single band and locked to a certain extent.I would have to agree with you gnome...in my opinion it's not worth the price at the moment.
Nive11en
23 Apr 2004, 06:40pm
The FX has the dual band and is un-locked. The regular 64 is single band and locked to a certain extent.I would have to agree with you gnome...in my opinion it's not worth the price at the moment.
What do you mean by locked to a certain extent? Is it possible to change the multiplier still? Or are there limits set to the multiplier and FSB?
Wild Child
23 Apr 2004, 06:45pm
What do you mean by locked to a certain extent? Is it possible to change the multiplier still? Or are there limits set to the multiplier and FSB?

Most of the regular 64 chips you can lower the multiplyer on and up your fsb quite abit. The FX are unlocked either way.