Bulldozer will physically fit in a normal (white) AM3 socket

[Derbixrace]

here you can see that it WILL fit in there.

here is thuban for reference, it got 2 less pins than BD.

SOURCE: http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-home&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inpai.com.cn%2Fdoc%2Fhard%2F146636.htm&lp=zh_en&btnTrUrl=Translate

 

[Wisecracker]

In before lock ...

Here is a little nugget of wisdom from Gigabyte:

 

[Timop]

^ That says NOTHING. The fact that AM3+ board supports AM3 CPUs were confirm since the very beginning.

 

[Wisecracker]

^ That says NOTHING. The fact that AM3+ board supports AM3 CPUs were confirm since the very beginning.

O RLY?

I rather fancy the 'note' :lol:

 

[Timop]

I though that was already common knowledge lol? OH.

Well, heres another interesting link: http://event.msi.com/mb/am3+/

 

[asantesoul]

Yeah...msi doesn;t seem to mention any revisions to the boards..juss, update bios and drop in the cpu...im still a bit skeptical..but the time will come eventually..so we'll actually know for certain soon enough

 

[Derbixrace]

i really hope i can put a bulldozer in my TA890FXE i really think all that is required is BIOS support, but you may lose some features.

 

[hitec16]

i hav msi 890gxm g65 mobo and i update my BIOS yesterday and now it takes like 5 more seconds just to boot compared to my earlier bios.read my this
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/288581-30-tomshardware#t1973653

 

[jimmysmitty]

here you can see that it WILL fit in there.

http://img.inpai.com.cn/article/2011/4/7/d00e0c4c-2595-46ea-9648-33afd68d3a4a.jpg

http://www.legitreviews.com/images/reviews/886/amd_socket_am3.jpg

here is thuban for reference, it got 2 less pins than BD.

http://www.guru3d.com/imageview.php?image=26324

SOURCE: http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-home&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inpai.com.cn%2Fdoc%2Fhard%2F146636.htm&lp=zh_en&btnTrUrl=Translate

Fit and work are not the same. A LGA1155 CPU will probably fit in a LGA1156 socket. But will it work? Nope.

What some companies are doing is making current mobos with a AM3+ socket. In essence its just a AM3+ mobo using a older chipset.

 

[Derbixrace]

Fit and work are not the same. A LGA1155 CPU will probably fit in a LGA1156 socket. But will it work? Nope.

What some companies are doing is making current mobos with a AM3+ socket. In essence its just a AM3+ mobo using a older chipset.

i know that, but there has been a debate here before whether it will fit or not and now we got that answer, its a bigger possibility that it will work in am3 if it fits in it lol.

 

[Timop]

Fit and work are not the same. A LGA1155 CPU will probably fit in a LGA1156 socket. But will it work? Nope.

What some companies are doing is making current mobos with a AM3+ socket. In essence its just a AM3+ mobo using a older chipset.

http://event.asus.com/2011/mb/AM3_PLUS_Ready/

That isnt what Asus and MSI are saying, seems a little late to be an late/early April fools joke to me.

 

[pelov]

I've read that as well, and MSI stated the 800 series chipset line of am3 mobos would be able to run am3+ bulldozer CPUs, but that means nothing until we get word from AMD themselves. Asus has followed suit but Gigabyte will be getting a "head start" on the AM3+ mobos and seemingly won't offer that backwards compatibility.

AMD announced early that AM3 CPUs would run on AM3+ platform, but, as was stated above, there could be an issue with losing some features. It seems the final word will be from AMD just how that will work, as they manufacture both the chipsets and the CPUs. I'd highly doubt that 2 of the biggest mobo manufacturers in MSI and ASUS are lying to us

Either way, I'm out of luck as I bought a 700 series and an OEM version of win7 =(

 

[pelov]

^^ the MSI/asus statements, iirc, were released on april fool's day. At least that's when I read and saw them posted.

 

[Derbixrace]

the Asus one has been around a long time

 

[jimmysmitty]

http://event.msi.com/mb/am3+/images/02.gif
http://event.asus.com/2011/mb/AM3_PLUS_Ready/

That isnt what Asus and MSI are saying, seems a little late to be an late/early April fools joke to me.

From what I have read from Asus, they basically activate more pins in the AM3 socket (the ones that BD needs and will be in AM3+) which in essence means its a AM3+ socket.

Considering that AM3 CPUs will work in AM3+ its a sign that the pin layout is the same as are the voltage setup.

It is still yet to be seen but when BD hits it will tell all.

 

[Pc Guru_07]

This again shows BD will be an epic fail.A company will only do such silly thing, when they know that there upcoming product cannot compete with its competitor's product.Only way they can sell BD is by making it backward compatible so that current phenom owners can do a cheap upgrade.Intel will never do such thing becoz they know there products rules.

 

[Flightsimluke]

This again shows BD will be an epic fail.A company will only do such silly thing when they know that there upcoming product cannot compete with its competitor's product.Only way they can sell BD is by making it backward compatible so that current phenom owners can do a cheap upgrade.Intel will never do such thing becoz they know there products rules.

NAWT!

 

[pelov]

This again shows BD will be an epic fail.A company will only do such silly thing when they know that there upcoming product cannot compete with its competitor's product.Only way they can sell BD is by making it backward compatible so that current phenom owners can do a cheap upgrade.Intel will never do such thing becoz they know there products rules.

Or...

they're offering a system upgrade without the need to buy an entire new platform. What a novel idea! You mean I don't have to buy a new motherboard, chipset and CPU from the same manufacturer every time they decide to release a new CPU? crazy talk...

 

[gamerk316]

^^ And thats why even the latest Phenom II chips barely outperform the aged Core 2 Quads [8000/9000 series].

I'm more bothered by the fact AMD and its partners seem to be on totally different wavelengths on this one...

 

[Pc Guru_07]

AMD could have easily made couple of billons more if BD was entirely based on a new platform.Now just imagine why they decided to go against that idea.When the damm thing releases anyway.

 

[Wisecracker]

AND .....

another BD-Z thread goes down in flames !

We need a 'tote-board' to tally all the fear and desperation 😀

 

[Derbixrace]

why does every damn BD thread end up in being a flame war, always someone bashing it and someone defending it :/

 

[ghnader hsmithot]

May i ask where did you get the Bulldozer chip pic?
I dont think this news has any good leading evidence.

 

[Derbixrace]

click the source link i have in the OP at the bottom.

 

[ghnader hsmithot]

What the?not sure about the source but it has some form of reliability.Hope its real.