AMD 980G for AM3?

Lanz · 7 Sep 2011 at 20:38

Im looking to put my trusty old Athlon X4 605e into something new with a a decent IGP like Radeon HD 6xxx, is there going to be any HTPC motherboards in the future that support AM3, or are they going to be just AM3+ ?

Orcvader · 7 Sep 2011 at 20:42

AM3+ can support AM3 CPUs, so as long as the CPU is in the support list then it'll be fine.

Lanz · 7 Sep 2011 at 20:46

I just read this, if its true, then its annoying...

Lastly, there's the 980G integrated graphics chipset, which features a DirectX 10.1 compliant IGP, which supports UVD 2.0 video acceleration. For some reason, this chipset doesn't support older AM3 processors, but only AM3+. The other chipsets in the series however, do support existing socket AM3 Athlon II and Phenom II series processors.

Orcvader · 7 Sep 2011 at 20:53

Woah, that's wierd. I thought AM3+ boards were meant to be backwards compatible?