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AMD Bulldozer in April

cannot wait, and i look forward to putting a new chip in my current motherboard ( yeah bet ya feeling that 1156 lmao )
 
Eh? Last I heard AM3+ chips weren't going to work in existing AM3 motherboards, did they change their mind again on that?
 
sadly Bulldozer will not with current boards which is the only reason i went AMD with current main rig :(
 
Excited! Looks like I may have a new birthday present coming up on the list, unless SB turns out to be better than my patience is :p
 
Don't understand this clingy socket phenomenon - a new CPU is a damn good excuse to splash out on a new mobo!

Especially once these funky UEFI ones come out with mega fast POSTs.
 
I don't think many people can complain about AMD's socket structure, they're generally very good at compatibility between generations. Compared to Intel, they're godly in this regard.
 
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Seraph said:
cannot wait, and i look forward to putting a new chip in my current motherboard ( yeah bet ya feeling that 1156 lmao )
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Redmint said:
Eh? Last I heard AM3+ chips weren't going to work in existing AM3 motherboards, did they change their mind again on that?
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Redmint is correct. As it says in the srticle, AM3+ socket. These are not backwards compatible with previous sockets although AM3 cpu's are supposed to work in AM3+ boards.


DragonQ said:
I don't think many people can complain at AMD's socket structure, they're generally very good at compatibility between generations. Compared to Intel, they're amazing for that.
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AMD have actually had more sockets than Intel over the last few years. Socket 754, 939, AM2, AM2+, AM3 and now AM3+. At least Intel stuck with 775 for a good few years before replacing it.
 
SirCanealot said:
But isn't Sandy Bridge due out in the next couple of months?

Are AMD late to the party for once? 0_o
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Sandybridge on socket 1155 launches 5th January followed by the high end socket 2011 in Q3 next year.


DragonQ said:
AMD had better have an awesome product here if we want a competitive, awesomely priced couple of years.
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We hope so. We need more competition in the cpu market. AMD has it on price but not performance. Being on at least equal ground with Sandybridge would be good.
 
pastymuncher said:
Sandybridge on socket 1155 launches 5th January followed by the high end socket 2011 in Q3 next year.




We hope so. We need more competition in the cpu market. AMD has it on price but not performance. Being on at least equal ground with Sandybridge would be good.
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Indeed it would be good, however if they were on equal ground in terms of performance then they would most likely be priced similarly too.
 
AndyH_Lufc said:
Indeed it would be good, however if they were on equal ground in terms of performance then they would most likely be priced similarly too.
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Although people expect AMD to be cheaper so they may well still pitch it a little below Intel. Intel could then expect people to loyally stick with them at a higher price despite similar performance...maybe ;)
 
From looking at the architecture does it not seem they have designed this CPU for server multithreading rather than desktop performance? I have a niggly feeling I'm going to be dissapointed by the gaming performanc of bulldozer :(
 
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