Talk:Socket 940

Athlon 64 FX
"the Athlon 64 FX processor, their premier gaming platform"

Is the Athlon 64 FX really considered a gaming platform? I thought it was more workstation 58.107.87.183 05:09, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
 * It is, yes. That is part of the major reason it has unlocked multipliers; to better facilitate overclocking.  It was meant to go up against the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition (and later Pentium Extreme Edition), also a gaming chip derived from a server chip.  Opterons are the official workstation part for AMD. Aluvus 13:17, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

There were two different Athlon 64 FX processors released in Socket 940, the FX-51 and the FX-53. I should know, I have a Socket 940 FX-53. It's identical to the FX-51, but is clocked at 2.4GHz instead of 2.2GHz. --Jordan Hunn, 29 June 2007

Formatting of other socket names
Unless there is some particular reason that the names of other sockets are intermittently italicized or bolded, I'm going to remove the superfluous formatting. Aluvus 18:04, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Longevity?
"Thus, AMD's plans for Socket 940 stretch out several years into the future, and longevity for this platform is expected to be relatively long."

Heh! Socket 940 is pretty much dead, having first been kicked to the curb on price by Socket 939 boards and CPUs, and now superceded by Socket AM2 while Socket 939 is still hanging on. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bizzybody (talk • contribs).
 * Socket 940 was never superseeded by Socket 939 as server-CPU-socket, which is his primary useage. There were Opterons availabble for S939, but they weren't in competition w/ S940 (S940 was mor high end then S939). You get opterons for Socket AM2 annd most Opterons, which are sold today are for socket F, but you can still get S940 Opterons . --MrBurns (talk) 00:43, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

940 spec sheet
The spec sheet at AMD.com is no longer there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nchalada (talk • contribs) 06:14, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

940 spec sheet
The spec sheet at AMD.com is no longer there. Nchalada (talk) 06:14, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Release date
This article doesn't mention in which year this socket model was released on the market. This information is essential.--MisterSanderson (talk) 16:49, 22 January 2019 (UTC)