AMD's Future Dual Core Processors

[MBrown]

If I choose to get an A64 3000 now with a Neo2 will I be able to buy a dual core cpu later with the same motherboad?

 

[MDE]

Yes, the dual core chips will come out for Socket 939 and just need a BIOS update.

 

[MemoryInAGarden]

I would take any kind of support now with a grain of salt. No one has publicly tested in any of these chips in modern boards. There are likely to be "issues" cropping up, at the very least.

 

[Hyperlite]

Originally posted by: MDE
Yes, the dual core chips will come out for Socket 939 and just need a BIOS update.

 

[slash196]

Appearantly there is something called Socket M2 on the horizon, but not for another year at least, so I wouldn't worry. And Yes, you'll be able to drop a dual-core into a 939 mobo (though, as another poster mentioned, there are sure to be major "issues").

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: Hyperlite

Originally posted by: MDE
Yes, the dual core chips will come out for Socket 939 and just need a BIOS update.

Linkage proving this? (I don't keep up very well to all the news. When did they announce this?)

 

[miketheidiot]

the have tested dual core opterons in sinlge core servers and they worked fine. Old news though so I can't find a link.

 

[imported_Computer MAn]

Originally posted by: Hyperlite

Originally posted by: MDE
Yes, the dual core chips will come out for Socket 939 and just need a BIOS update.

 

[Speedo]

Originally posted by: n7

Originally posted by: Hyperlite

Originally posted by: MDE
Yes, the dual core chips will come out for Socket 939 and just need a BIOS update.

Linkage proving this? (I don't keep up very well to all the news. When did they announce this?)

"AMD's dual core socket 939 processors were also running in a back room on ASUS' A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboards - without modification. Although we had known for some time that dual core would only require a BIOS update on AMD motherboards (at worst), the knowledge that off-the-shelf motherboards running AMD's newest gave us a further boost of confidence for the future. This is also in stark contrast to Anand's report that Intel dual-core will not run on current 915/925 chipset motherboards."

http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2319&p=2

 

[superkdogg]

Thanks, Speedo.