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M. Parsons wrote:
>> If Gigabyte designed their 939 mobos the way AMD specified,
>> theoretically all of them should be able to run X2 processors with a
>> BIOS upgrade.
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>> -Rick
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> Am I just being pessimistic, or does that sound like the 'older' nforce3
> s939 owners are going to get screwed over?
Mmmm...... Being a nForce3/s939 owner myself, I too am wondering if a
BIOS upgrade will be made available for my GA-K8NS-Ultra 939 that
supports X2 processors, however I'm not stressing out over it simply
because I intend to go to a San Diego core on this mobo anyway. The way
I figure it, the last mobo I want to stick an X2 proc in is an AGP/PCI
mobo, and I'll probably go to a newer nforce4/PCIe mobo anyway. I
mean, if we're talking an $800+ processor, what's the big deal with a
new mobo? Of course, I already planned to sell this system off to a
friend who is a Protools reseller who needs a new demo system anyway.
-Rick
"I don't sell *used* hardware. I sell only *preconditioned/pretested*
hardware"