First AM3+ motherboard hits Newegg

[John P. Myers]

Gigabyte + Bulldozer FTW (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128485)
Though this is the first, the flagship model should have a sexier feature list when it finally comes out.

And upon further inspection, i'm thinking Newegg made a typo, or there are additional board specs still being kept quiet...

[Maxwell]

I may be wrong, but were there any AM2+ Mobos that were no backwards compatible with an AM2 socket? The one I have is, and I never found one that wasn't...

[John P. Myers]

I may be wrong, but were there any AM2+ Mobos that were no backwards compatible with an AM2 socket? The one I have is, and I never found one that wasn't...

afaik, AM3+ boards will be compatible with AM3 chips, just not the other way around

[Maxwell]

afaik, AM3+ boards will be compatible with AM3 chips, just not the other way around
Good - I figured as much, but the specs *should* mention that... ;)

[rgathright]

afaik, AM3+ boards will be compatible with AM3 chips, just not the other way around

Please take no offense, but partially wrong. ASUS motherboards with AM3 chipsets will be able to support the Bulldozer 8 core processors that are being designated as AM3+.:-c

Asus Claims Certain Boards AM3+ Compatible, Says Zilch About Bulldozer (http://hothardware.com/News/Mud-In-The-Water-Asus-Claims-Existing-Boards-AM3-Compatible/)

Asus AM3 motherboards get beta BIOS, Bulldozer support (http://www.techspot.com/news/42883-asus-am3-motherboards-get-beta-bios-bulldozer-support.html)

The news from ASUS should affect the decision of all team members on which motherboards they choose to buy in the future. IMO, of course. ;)

[DrPop]

Wonder if a little tweak could be worked on the ASRock mobo I purchased, the Deluxe 4, as they just came out w/ Deluxe 5, and I don't see that much changed beside the designation of AM3+ compatibility. One could hope???