I am think about doing an upgrade within a few months, but I'm not sure if I should. People are saying that socket M2 is going to come out at the beginning of next year with ddr2 memory standard for mobos. Right now I have an amd xp 3000+, 1gb geil ultra pc3200 memory, and a 6800 gt. I think my rig can hold up till then, not sure. If I wait until m2 then I'm gonna have to get new memory and i would probably end up getting 2 gb's of it too. Thats gonna be expensive, on top of doing the upgrade i wanted, new mobo, cpu, and vid card. All this stuff is like building a whole computer, well not quite, but still. Its going to end up costing over $1000. Thats a lot of money for an upgrade, but won't it be better in the long run cause I wouldn't need to buy a new mobo for a long time cause I would be swtiched over to pci-x? Upgrades from this point on would be less expensive. Maybe a video card down the road, maybe a faster cpu, or even adding another stick of ddr2 memory, which I would have already switch over too. Any feedback or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Worth it to wait for M2?
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Lone_Bullet.be
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i'd say wait for the M2 till may or so...i'd be dropped in price a lil and the avaibility will be increased 
that rig of your should do till then, i am sure
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I would now expect to see M2 launch between late April to early June. I don't think it will be bringing with it any great advances worth waiting for on the performance side.
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I've found that when it comes to hardware, there is ALWAYS a "next big thing" 6 months down the road, you really can't get ahead of the curve.
Whether it be a new socket, a new GPU iteration, or a new CPU core, there is always something coming.
On the other hand, your system sounds fine and not in dire need of an upgrade. I for example am using an Athlon XP 2500+ and a Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB, with 1GB of RAM and only recently became dissatisfied with its performance. I'm sure as hell not waiting for socket M2!
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Also remember that AMD plans to release "Performance" level CPUs on Socket 939 into 2007. So 939 has a lot of life left in it.
Whether it be a new socket, a new GPU iteration, or a new CPU core, there is always something coming.
On the other hand, your system sounds fine and not in dire need of an upgrade. I for example am using an Athlon XP 2500+ and a Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB, with 1GB of RAM and only recently became dissatisfied with its performance. I'm sure as hell not waiting for socket M2!
EDIT:
Also remember that AMD plans to release "Performance" level CPUs on Socket 939 into 2007. So 939 has a lot of life left in it.