Kentsfield & Mobo?????????????

[EdzAviator]

I don't remember where but I read in some other sites that Kentsfield will be supported by current 965 mobos..........
But the question is what specific 965 mobos, I mean the Gigabyte for example have a couple of 965 mobos but when you look at theCPU supportlist, only the GA-965P-DQ6 supports the Quad Core......
So where is the truth about all current 965 support Quad Core??????
What about the ones who already have GA-965P-DS3/S3, they cannot upgrade to Kentsfield without changing mobos........

It seems Intel is very good at this kind scheme.........

 

[n7]

Yes, yes they are.

How goes the OCing going with your ECS?

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: EdzAviator
So where is the truth about all current 965 support Quad Core??????
What about the ones who already have GA-965P-DS3/S3, they cannot upgrade to Kentsfield without changing mobos........

It seems Intel is very good at this kind scheme.........

They ought to be good at it, they invented it.

 

[hardwareking]

well any motherboard which supports core 2 duo today(965 and 975 series chipsets)will support kentsfield with a bios update.
I'm not sure about the 945 series.
So to answer ur question.Ur safe with a 965 series mobo.

 

[DrMrLordX]

Just because the chipset supports the CPU doesn't mean the board necessarily will. Things like voltage regulators can affect a board's ability to host a CPU like Kentsfield as well, or so I would think. That was an issue with 975x boards that were released before Conroe as well.