Chipsets Combatability q?

[Molondo]

Would an intel chipset work with AMD proccesor?
Thanks.

 

[stevty2889]

No.

 

[Technonut]

Short answer... No.

 

[mechBgon]

No, they're incompatible. If you're trying to spec up a new computer, you could post a spending limit and your intended usage patterns (e.g. I want to routinely encode video while playing BattleField 2 at the same time or whatever), and people can try to steer you in a good direction. Also post what items need to be included in the price (monitor, speakers, operating-system license, etc) besides the box itself.

 

[Molondo]

Im just studying entry lvl Computer hardware. Just wanted to know this thanks

 

[MDE]

Way back when, AMD and Intel used the same sockets (K6 series and Pentium) and they actually were compatible. They've been completely incompatible since the Athlon came out.

 

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: MDE
Way back when, AMD and Intel used the same sockets (K6 series and Pentium) and they actually were compatible. They've been completely incompatible since the Athlon came out.

Don't forget about the ever powerful Cyrix which was also compatible with socket 7!!.

 

[jlbenedict]

If they did, I would be in heaven.. I'd love to run my X2 3800+ cpu on top of an Intel chipset.

 

[Bobthelost]

Originally posted by: Molondo
Im just studying entry lvl Computer hardware. Just wanted to know this thanks

Study a lot harder

 

[biostud]

Originally posted by: jlbenedict
If they did, I would be in heaven.. I'd love to run my X2 3800+ cpu on top of an Intel chipset.

Yeah, it would be great to have two memory controllers, one on the CPU and one on the chipset.................

 

[biostud]

Originally posted by: Molondo
Would an intel chipset work with AMD proccesor?
Thanks.

if you can figure a way of fitting an AMD CPU into a Intel socket I guess you can also find a way of getting the chipset to work with it......... or maybe not.

 

[DeathReborn]

Originally posted by: biostud

Originally posted by: jlbenedict
If they did, I would be in heaven.. I'd love to run my X2 3800+ cpu on top of an Intel chipset.

Yeah, it would be great to have two memory controllers, one on the CPU and one on the chipset.................

256bit Controller total FTW, lol.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Originally posted by: DeathReborn

Originally posted by: biostud

Originally posted by: jlbenedict
If they did, I would be in heaven.. I'd love to run my X2 3800+ cpu on top of an Intel chipset.

Yeah, it would be great to have two memory controllers, one on the CPU and one on the chipset.................

256bit Controller total FTW, lol.

Chipset memory controllers will kill A64's performance quite significantly due to the much greater latency.

 

[biostud]

Originally posted by: StrangerGuy

Originally posted by: DeathReborn

Originally posted by: biostud

Originally posted by: jlbenedict
If they did, I would be in heaven.. I'd love to run my X2 3800+ cpu on top of an Intel chipset.

Yeah, it would be great to have two memory controllers, one on the CPU and one on the chipset.................

256bit Controller total FTW, lol.

Chipset memory controllers will kill A64's performance quite significantly due to the much greater latency.

do you think so?

 

[Fox5]

Originally posted by: jlbenedict
If they did, I would be in heaven.. I'd love to run my X2 3800+ cpu on top of an Intel chipset.

You'd still have to bypass the memory controller of the Intel chipset.

Anyhow, AMD and Intel cpus could run on the same chipsets....if they utilized the same memory bus, same cpu sockets, and same physical voltage. Back in the day they used to (though not perfectly, I think the AMD chips used to have a lot of compatibility problems with Intel chipsets, though I'm not sure about that, and VIA's chips still can use old Intel chipsets I believe).

As of right now, AMD and Intel use different sockets, different memory technologies, different cpu voltages, and AMD's memory controllers are integrated onto the cpu, while Intel's are on a seperate chip. One of the two would have to be bypassed...I know it's possible to bypass AMD's memory controller (but it's faster, so why would you?) but I'm not sure if you could bypass an external one. (it's also possible to bypass L1 and L2 cache, but that would hurt performance a lot as well)

Even Intel chips that use the same sockets, chipsets, and memory can often not work in the same motherboards due to voltage differences. For instance, the Pentium 4 and the Pentium M, or dual core Pentium 4s on older P4 motherboards. Or, coming soon, Conroe on P4/PM motherboards.

If Intel wanted to, they could make chipsets for AMD, which would basically consist of removing the memory controller and only utilizing the southbridge, but you still couldn't use AMD and Intel chips in the same motherboard. Nvidia, ATI, and VIA utilize the same chipsets across both platforms, though it's really only the feature set that's being duplicated. (though back in the day, VIA chipsets used to have very similar memory controller for their AMD and Intel platforms, but they still weren't the same and were pretty crappy chipsets)