News: ASrock K7Upgrade-880

[jm0ris0n]

http://www.ocworkbench.com/ocwbcgi/newspro/viewnews.cgi?newsid1093263500,34914,

I found this and thought it pretty cool and didn't see it reported here @AT.

ASrock introduces K7Upgrade-880 that allows Socket A board to be upgraded to use Socket 754 processor thru add on card

23, Aug 2004, Taipei - Due to the differences in technology, K7 and K8 platforms adapt different design architecture and they are supported by different chipsets. ASRock Inc, the leading price-performance motherboard maker, breaks this architecture barrier between K7 and K8 platforms to present the first K8 upgradeable K7 platform in the world ? ASRock K7Upgrade-880. Based on the innovative ?Upgrade on demand? concept and industry-leading layout design technique, ASRock K7Upgrade-880 motherboard features the Flexible?n?Easy CPU socket upgrade interface - ?K8 Bridge Port?. This port provides a bridge with the world?s leading capability to upgrade SocketA(462) to Socket754 or Socket939 through ASRock 754Bridge or 939Bridge upgrade module. The innovative K7Upgrade-880 motherboard provides not only a marvelous Flexible?n?Easy upgrade capability from K7 to K8 architecture but also a cost-effective future upgrade capability not found on other boards.

 

[w0ss]

What kinda ports are those? looked like 3 AGP ports with a funky extra piece off the middle one.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: w0ss
What kinda ports are those? looked like 3 AGP ports with a funky extra piece off the middle one.

The middle one is for the adapter, the others look like agp.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I can't imagine that would run efficiently... just buy a new mobo they aren't that expensive... Especially when your going to plop down 200 for a processor...

 

[jm0ris0n]

I guess we'll just wait and see how much the boards go for and what advantages they offer (if any) for running a K7 processor. I for one am at lease intrigued