Asus AM3 motherboards get beta BIOS, Bulldozer support

[dividebyzero]

What I meant was that after reading your link, was that the boards that are getting this AM3+ compatibility must be able to handle the power regulation/delivery. Otherwise Asus would not have done this.

So we won't be seeing ECS following suit then?!

Seems to be a marketing coup for AMD. I would imagine that all the vendors will still be touting some miniscule feature that makes the 990FX/X a must-have chipset, and if performance is king then the majority of Crossfire IV Extreme owners would update to the Crossfire V Extreme (as example). However, it does make BD a somewhat cheap upgrade path and might accelerate adoption.
No doubt Asus' viral marketing will be hard at work making the distinction between Asus boards and other vendors where the AM3+ compatibility seems limited to new board revisions - more a double dipping scenario for Gigabyte, ASRock and MSI- and no doubt Foxconn will announce 890 + AM3+ compatibility around the same time at the AM4 socket is released!.
I doubt you'll see a full electrical spec for BD before launch, and since AMD aren't supporting BD on AM3 boards I think the new adopters-like yourself- will be the beta testers so far as LLC is concerned.
It might be worthwhile picking up a C4F or M4A89TD Pro for myself just to give it a whirl if resale prices drop as info from vendor-seeded "leaks" regarding 990FX/X mobo's start to surface in earnest.

 

[os2wiz]

You aren't reading Mizzou. They specified 890FX chipset motherboards NOT 790FX as you and I both have.

 

[cmbjive]

This is good news. I'm currently gathering the bits to build a new computer and hearing that the Bulldozer lineup can be dropped into an existing ASUS board will cement my decision to pick up one of those boards.

 

[Guest]

So no Bulldozer for a M4A77TD? *sigh*

 

[T77]

I always like that part. One doesn't have to buy an all new mobo for just upgrading the chip. I wish Intel would learn something from this....

 

[Guest]

FX6110 bench cam shot

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