well in the above link it says the deneb am3 chips will still work in a am2+ boards but just with ddr2. where putting the chip in a am3 board u can use ddr3.
the deneb am3 chips have the same layout pins as the am2+..
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How good will AMD Deneb be against Core 2 for games?
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the deneb am3 chips have the same layout pins as the am2+..
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this says the first deneb cpu's will be for am2+ ,am3 there after (q2/09 ? )
i know the deneb cpu's will be am2+, but the next lot of cpus that are am3 should still work in the am2+ boards as stated above.
the only different between am2+ and am3 is the ram that can be used, am2+ for ddr2 and am3 for ddr3
Considering how marketing claims are exaggerated in general catching high end full cache Yorkfields will take lot when already low ends take the lead:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core2quad-q9400_7.html#sect0
And in power consumption per performance catching is probably very hard already without adding any transistors:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core2quad-q9400_11.html#sect0
Deneb probably has good chance because of low price but still AMD would also need to do some profit if they're intending to pay their huge debts.
(after selling factories they don't have much which could be turned to money)
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So when is Deneb chips expected ?
I thought they were due just before the Core i7 to spoil Intels glory?
I thought they were due just before the Core i7 to spoil Intels glory?
im not sure about if it'll work in a am2 board because it only at HT 1.0. where with the am2+ it as HT 3.0 the same as the am3...So if my board is AM2/AM2+ i can run deneb - I like!
tbh whats the point bring out the am3 when the only differents is it as ddr3? everything else is the same..
but if the board is stated at AM2/AM2+ it should run both or??
Can't help but think that many of the people saying AMD can't come good have only been into PCs 1-2 years. It wasn't long ago that a cheap athlon 64 was the only CPU worth buying and made a p4 look both laughable and expensive.
If it is that a lot of existing AM2 users can upgrade to one of the new AMD CPUs then I would imagine they would sell very well.
If it is that a lot of existing AM2 users can upgrade to one of the new AMD CPUs then I would imagine they would sell very well.
That sounds awesome, i just bought 4GB DDR2 to replace my 2, i can buy another 2 x 2 GB DDR2 and stick to that, get a processor and then later swap the motherboard and RAM over, now that's a nice upgrade path.
yes.
basicly all am2+ boards can run am2 and am2+ cpus. but some am2 boards can't run am2+ cpus because some haven't got a bios update..