980g am3+ any news/leaks yet?

[lau808]

patiently awaiting news on this, anyone see/hear anything yet?

 

[hans007]

from what i had read it will basically be the 785g/880g part again.

the 990fx is effectively still the same old 890 / 790FX we've been using for a while. only real differences are the southbridges.

 

[lau808]

ok sounds about right, any idea why they havent been in the news yet tho? i can read about or buy a sabertooth or crosshair V formula but not a 980g yet....

 

[nenforcer]

The 990FX was probably released early for the enthusiasts who could put there existing Phenom ][ X6's and discrete cards onto the new boards.

You probably won't see the 990GX's until the Athlon FX CPU's hit the market later this summer.

 

[lau808]

athlon fx?

 

[hans007]

athlon fx?

FX is the name of the new bulldozer.

i gues sif you really wanted to getit now, there are a few AM3+ 880G boards already out there. I know gigabyte makes one. and there are even a few 760G boards that support am3+.

granted you wont get the new southbridges (those all seem to have sb710)

http://www.tcmagazine.com/tcm/news/...eries-chipsets-come-q2-2011-welcome-bulldozer

if you look at that, the 980G on there looks the same as the 880g except it has SB920 and most 880g/785g boards come with sb710. if you look at the same page, at the bottom it seems to say sb920 will barely be different from sb850, so it basically just gives you sata3

 

[lau808]

ah ok, never heard it put that way. actually want sata III as i also plan on vertex 3 (maybe agility 3) 60gb ssd. wont have funds to build 1st rig til q4 2011 anyway but will prolly replace some parts in my hp like mobo ssd etc as im getting all the parts together