P45 boards drop support for older 775 Pentium/D chips?

[VirtualLarry]

P45-DS3R

There's a note on this mobo that it supports VRD 11.1, and not VRD 10.0. I thought that the VRD specs were backwards-compatible, no?

Look at this list, the P35-DS3R supports the new C2Ds AND the old 775 Pentium chips.
P35-DS3R

If the P35 can do it (support both the old and new CPUs), then why can't the P45? Yet another example of why newer isn't always better.

 

[Cogman]

When was the last P4 released? 2 years ago (Ceder Mill)? Granted its tough to change, but come on, if you are getting a new MOBO then there is no reason why you shouldn't be getting a new CPU to go with it (That is, if you have an aged P4). There would be no speed jump from a new MOBO with a P4 but a huge one with a C2D based chip going in.