Bulldozer - socket backwards compatibility

[idoln95]

Any details regarding bulldozer socket? Will bulldozer support AM3?
Code name for the new socket (am4?)?

 

[OvrClkr]

This forum has been flooded with people for months that have advised getting a Phenom II/AM3 combo and upgrading to Bulldozer later instead of getting an I5/I7 because they're on dead end sockets with no future. In fact, most any thread where the OP asked the question Phenom II or I5, the drop in Bulldozer cpu was usually mentioned.

There are also a number of people that falsely claim buying a Phenom II X2 555 will almost always result in a working quad core too, and they recommend them over Athlon II X4 processors for people who have clear use for quads. Different thing, but still AMD fan boys misleading people.

I have seen most of those threads if not all and i don't see anyone advising/recommending/suggesting to the OP or anyone on the thread that they should opt NOW for an AM3 board for the sole purpose of upgrading to Dozer once it launches. Now, on the other hand I do see where various users have said that they are certain that it will be an AM3 CPU but of course you would have to take that with a grain of salt because at that time NOBODY knew anything so it was all speculation.

As far as the 555 goes, i'm not really going to comment on that since most of us knew beforehand that the unlocking was never guaranteed and if anyone disagrees all the have to do is google it.

AMD fan boys misleading people

One thing is an AMD fanboy that knows what he is talking about and the other is an AMD fanboy that likes to troll the forum. You have to differentiate one from the other 😉

 

[OvrClkr]

Threads like this you mean?
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/281073-28-1366#t2102030

megaman and jennyh were the only one's that were posting not so great answers :lol:

 

[Mousemonkey]

megaman and jennyh were the only one's that were posting not so great answers :lol:

Yeah, spooky that! :lol: But I just lobbed that up as an example of what loneninja might have meant because I too saw quite a few mentions that BD was definitely going to backwards compatible because only Intel change sockets every five minutes, not that any proof was provided of course but that was probably because there wasn't any.

 

[kaspro]

hey, i found this pic which shows that the new bulldozer will support AM3 Sockets!

and here's the article i found it in
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2871/2

 

[Mousemonkey]

hey, i found this pic which shows that the new bulldozer will support AM3 Sockets!
http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/cpu/amd/FAD2009/desktoproadmap.jpg
and here's the article i found it in
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2871/2

You forgot to add the important bit though.

Obviously guaranteeing motherboard support this early in the game is difficult, but AMD is usually good about maintaining socket compatibility. You may be able to slip a Zambezi into your current day Socket-AM3 motherboards.

And as has been shown with their graphic cards, specifications may be subject to change.

 

[idoln95]

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[jimmysmitty]

hey, i found this pic which shows that the new bulldozer will support AM3 Sockets!
http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/cpu/amd/FAD2009/desktoproadmap.jpg
and here's the article i found it in
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2871/2

Thats almost a year old. Even when it came out I had reservations due to AMDs current history of changing their roadmaps on a dime.

I would expect a newer roadmap will be out that shows it only supporting AM3r2 by now but then again rumor does have it that BD was delayed till Q4 2011.

Plus it would make sense for AMD to be showing off BD at IDF if it was to hit Q1 2011.

And according to sources as well the next gen GPU is now set for release sometime in the very very near future, not 2011.

And most of the BD guaranteed to run in AM3 people knew a lot about AMD, only they would tend to trust that AMD loved them as consumers and not the truth that AMD loved their wallets like any company. So it blinded them.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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