Will the AMD Athlon 64 run on my current motherboard?

[Walrusim]

I was wondering if the new AMD Athlon 64 processor (when it finaly comes out) will run on my current motherboard (Asus A7N8X-Deluxe)??

 

[Actaeon]

No.

Athlon64 uses a whole new pin configuration. Incompatiable with any motherboards on the market today.

 

[Walrusim]

Then what about the AMD Barton?

Whats the difference between the Barton and the 64?? (besides the fact that Barton is a 32 bit processor and a 64 is a 64)

Thanks

 

[KillaBong]

Barton should work fine in that board, but so far bartons look like only around 5% performance increase, from t-breds, at most.

I dont know too much about Athlon 64, but it definately wont work with any motherboards available now.

 

[MrC4]

Then what about the AMD Barton?

Yes, the Barton will work with your new board, but the Athlon 64 will need a new socket 754 (I think).

Since AMD is now performance rating all of their chips, then unless you are running a 64 bit app, one 2800+ should perform the same as another in 32 bit apps.