For most consumers, upgrading you system is an every 3-4 year ordeal. Most people do not have the typical enthusiast mentality that says "UPGRADE" every time something can give you a .005% increase in frame rates. The question for every upgrade has to be, "Is it worth it?" AMD tried to make it worth it with the Spider platform. Did they make the case that an upgrade is in the works for you?
The most interesting part of this article is how Jason got the AMD Phenom processor to work on the Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H motherboard. This board was originally released last summer, so it is great to see a BIOS (F4) released that supports AMD AM2+ Phenom processors. When one installs an AMD AM2+ CPU on AM2 motherboard, the system bus speed is downgraded from HT3.0 (3600MHz) to HT1.0 (2000 MT/s); however, the frequency of AM2+ CPU is not be impacted. This, along with the fact that the board doesn't support PCI Express 2.0 means that the 690G motherboard was at...
Article Title: Is It Worth It? AMD Spider Platform Benchmarked
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