When will the new AM3+ ROG board debut?

[raisethe3]

As you know, AMD is soon to release Bulldozer (4-8 core chips) next year (2011). I am wondering what does ASUS ROG have in line for AMD chipset? Will it have 2 ROG board like the 890FX chipsets this year? Or will it be more than 2? Will it ever release a m-ATX version for the new socket AM3+?

I did see that ASUS have prepared a board for the Sandy Bridge (Maximus IV Extreme).

I am really excited for next year, because of the rapid changes in technology we have today.

Thanks if you can reply.

[martin_metal_88]

since it's on the same socket I don't think we are gonna see a new board. Unless a new chipset arrive. Probably just a new bios to support bulldozer CPU. We are more likely to see a new board on the next AMD socket in 2012 which is supose to be a LGA socket like the opteron CPU.

[raisethe3]

Not really. Bulldozer will not work in AM3 sockets. But AM3 CPUs will work in AM3+ sockets with a bios update. It was rumor/confirmed by JF_AMD.

I don't know about AMD going LGA socket. There's no news on that as far as I know. They still want to keep it PGA.

Thanks for the reply though.

martin_metal_88 wrote:
since it's on the same socket I don't think we are gonna see a new board. Unless a new chipset arrive. Probably just a new bios to support bulldozer CPU. We are more likely to see a new board on the next AMD socket in 2012 which is supose to be a LGA socket like the opteron CPU.

[martin_metal_88]

That's hard to say, last I eard about it it was on the same AM3 socket, then AMD talked about a backward compatilibity with AM3 and bios update. And now you can find info about the 3 so it's pretty hard to say. This is the original road map of bulldozer
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2871/2

But I may be wrong since thing can change over time.

[raisethe3]

I got my source from here:

http://www.techpowerup.com/134739/AMD-Zambezi-Bulldozer-Desktop-CPU-Roadmap-Revealed.html

http://www.tcmagazine.com/tcm/news/hardware/31828/amd-bulldozer-desktop-cpu-roadmap-detailed

martin_metal_88 wrote:
That's hard to say, last I eard about it it was on the same AM3 socket, then AMD talked about a backward compatilibity with AM3 and bios update. And now you can find info about the 3 so it's pretty hard to say. This is the original road map of bulldozer
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2871/2

But I may be wrong since thing can change over time.

[FlanK3r]

some info about this from ASUS guys?:)

[raisethe3]

Still waiting on it.

FlanK3r wrote:
some info about this from ASUS guys?:)

[FlanK3r]

I seen only AM3+ board from MSI...digi pwm on it :). Hope, ASUS show this month some photo for us, only one Brian, please 😄

[FlanK3r]

maybe now at CEBIT?:)

[raisethe3]

CEBIT isn't tomorrow son, lol!

FlanK3r wrote:
maybe now at CEBIT?:)