Phenom Compatibility Issues

Tomshardware took a look at Phenom compatibility and tried to test it on ten AM2 motherboards which were supposed to support it.

The results were disappointing. AMD's new quad core only worked with two Asus boards, while the remaining Biostar, Foxconn, Epox, MSI and Gigabyte boards weren't in a mood to cooperate.

Tomshardware concludes that as an upgrade option the Phenom is not yet mature, as the vast majority of motherboard manufacturers haven't done much to make it run on "old" AM2 motherboards. Although upgrading your Athlon 64 X2 system with a 165 euro quad core CPU seems like a tempting prospect it might be wise to wait for the new B3 stepping and motherboard updates.

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Foxconn To Make G45 And P45 Motherboards For Intel

Intel plans to release own-brand P45 and G45 motherboards in the second quarter of 2008 with Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) to be the OEM partner, according to sources at component makers.

The codename of Intel's P45 motherboard is Skyberg (DP45SG). The product will support 45nm-based 1333MHz FSB Core 2 Extreme, quad-core and dual-core CPUs. The G45 motherboards, codenamed Icedale (DG45ID) and Fly Creek (DG45FC), will feature support for HDMI, DisplyPort and DVI. Both will support 1333MHz FSB quad-core and dual-core processors.

The major difference between Icedale and Fly Creek is that the former will support up to four DIMMs per memory channel while the latter only two.

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