Futre for LGA775?

[Skeeter]

Hi

What is the future for the 775 socket? Are Intel planning any new sockets soon? Or does the 'ill buy a 775 board because in a years time I can chuck in a new proccessor' train of thought still hold ground?

 

[Jokester]

The follow up to Penryn will use a new socket and is out sometime mid/late next year.

Jokester

 

[Skeeter]

Ok, so its still got some life in it yet.

My E6400 will probubly last me until then, but its nice to see Intel using the same socket for a long time, means upgrades are easier and cheaper compaired to AMD's new CPU = new mobo policies.

 

[simonnance]

Ok, so its still got some life in it yet.

My E6400 will probubly last me until then, but its nice to see Intel using the same socket for a long time, means upgrades are easier and cheaper compaired to AMD's new CPU = new mobo policies.

Not really, there is no confirmation the the Penryns work on the older 965P and 975X chipsets, and C2Ds didnt work on a number of the older mobos whent hey were released.

At least AM2 has been promised to be able to take AM2 and AM2+ chips, the 939->AM2 was to acomodate DDR2, so the AM2 mobos should last till DDR3 takes over hopefully.

Course, now AMD have to provide an AM2 chip worth USING!

 

[Tute]

The follow up to Penryn will use a new socket and is out sometime mid/late next year.

Jokester

Nehalem?

IIRC it has the memory controller integrated onto the CPU die (like the AMD chips have since the Athlon 64 launched) - this means the pin count is different.

Look at AMD for example - they changed the memory controller to DDR2 and had to go with a whole new socket.

 

[Justintime]

means upgrades are easier and cheaper compaired to AMD's new CPU = new mobo policies.

You're new to this PC building thang aren't cha?

 

[The Running Man]

So... what about nvidia chipsets, such as 650i and 680i, are they Penryn-able?

 

[smithy83]

So... what about nvidia chipsets, such as 650i and 680i, are they Penryn-able?

proberly via an bios update

 

[milkinc13]

Nehalem?

IIRC it has the memory controller integrated onto the CPU die (like the AMD chips have since the Athlon 64 launched) - this means the pin count is different.

Look at AMD for example - they changed the memory controller to DDR2 and had to go with a whole new socket.

i thought that AMD had onboard RAM controlers before A64?

 

[Justintime]

i thought that AMD had onboard RAM controlers before A64?

No

 

[Tute]

i thought that AMD had onboard RAM controlers before A64?

Nope.

The Socket A Athlons and Durons still used the Northbridge to carry out memory addressing.

 

[Dougiebabe2003]

proberly via an bios update

I thought that the penryns had problems with these boards or was it just with SLI?

IIRC then Nvidia may not fix the 6xx boards...

happy days for Intel (sells more P35 and X38 boards) and AMD (sells more ATI crossfire setups).

Bad luck Nvidia...... i knew it had been dubious whether the 680/650 chipsets'd support Penryn, looks very dubious indeed now, especialy with Nvs tendancy to shelve problems when newer hardware comes out. My prediction is they "fix" it for the 7xx boards, but never release a fix for the 6xx series, forcing people to upgrade if they want Penryn. Since they never promised Penryn compatibility on the 6xx series they could technicaly do it without breaking spec on the older boards.

Nothing they havent done with their gfx cards before......

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17803595

It seems I may be correct....but no-one will know for sure until it is tried I guess....

 

[simonnance]

just to clarify, i was speculating somewhat, i have no confirmed evidence whether Nv plans to update the 6xx series to enable Penryn compatibility, but from a buisness point of view i could see them not doing it in order to "encourage" migration to the 7xx series.

Its like its not enough that computers go obsolete in a matter of a few years nowadays... they have to hasten the process to wring more money out of us!

 

[Tute]

My how fast it all changes.

Two years ago, the combo of choice was considered an AMD CPU with an nVidia chipset.

Now it's an Intel CPU with an Intel chipset.

 

[weescott]

So... what about nvidia chipsets, such as 650i and 680i, are they Penryn-able?

No

Only ES chips ATM.