Which mobo is most future-proof?

[jaybee]

First, I'm sorry if this should be in CPUs -- motherboards seemed more appropriate to me. Anyway, I'd like to know which current motherboards are most likely to be compatible with the CPUs of tomorrow. This may be mostly speculation, but that's ok if that's the case.

I think a lot of current socket A boards will run the T-bred, but I'm not sure what the current info is. Also, this will probably be speculation, but how about Barton? Hammer is out, obviously. So, regarding AMD setups, what are the prospects for current boards with future CPUs?

Same question for Intel setups -- what boards (if any) are likely to work with future CPUs? Isn't Prescott the next desktop chip? Which current boards will accept the next chip on the roadmap?

Thanks,
jaybee

 

[PCHPlayer]

Overall I would have to say the latest offerings from Intel are probably the most future proof. Since they just bumped the FSB to 533 and there seems to be alot of room for precessor speed improvements with the P4 (If you believe the various articles on the Web). Of course you are going to pay a premium for the latest stuff, but what the heck.

On the AMD side. They seem to be putting most of their effort toward the Opteron. How far they can/will they push the T-bred core? Will they bump the FSB to 266? Increase the cache to 512K? Will any of these changes require a new motherboard? I will hopefully be able to put a 2+GHz T-bred into my socket A MB some day.

I guess I am not a real fan of "future-proofing" a computer. Technology just changes too fast. If you can get two years of compatability out of a motherboard you are doing good.

 

[Tates]

Which mobo is most future-proof?

The one in Bill Gates PC

 

[tenoc]

Bill Gates has a PC? I thought he had an iMac!

 

[Tates]

Bill Gates has a PC? I thought he had an iMac!

He has at least one of everthing....

 

[jaybee]

Well, I've got a Slot A setup now, and if I had waited a few months, I could be doing a $100 cpu swap now instead of a $400+ system upgrade. And it seems Intel setups have been capable historically of swapping the cpu with something twice as powerful down the road. Anyway, I think it comes down to Barton and Prescott. Will current AMD mobos take Barton? And will current Intel mobos handle Prescott? Like I said, this is probably speculation, but I'm sure there are some educated answers out there.

Thanks.
jaybee

 

[DukeChestnut]

i think its gonna be a p4 mobo. prolly a 478 mobo. why?

b/c intel doesn't technically support 1066rdram and
b/c p4's and ddr = stupid (u lose bandwidth) unless its ddr400 (hot) which is basically rdram
b/c opteron is coming out soon so that just totally negates all the current socket a boards.

so i think that basically leaves p4's since their roadmap has less occuring in the immediate future.