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AMD FX Zambezi Processors Compatible with ASUS AM3 Motherboards Using BIOS Update

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It's 940. The pin-map looks the same as AM3, except that this notch now only covers one pin. AM3 socket has 941 contacts.

http://img.techpowerup.org/110315/bta9783kmln.jpg

You got that backwards. If AM3 has 941 and there is not 1 addition pin NOT being covered (AM3 has 4 sets of 2 blocks, thus that AM3+ board has 3 sets of 2 and 1 set of 1), that gives us 942 pins for AM3+ not 940. If the processors match, that 1 pin that needs an open hole just get's cock blocked. Thus why old chips fit the new socket, but new chips don't fit the old.

Erocker's right in the fact we have not seen the back side of the chip. Mayby this first gen will have 940 or 941 pins and the second gen they have planned has the 942.
 

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That is one concept few people understand :roll:

Yeah, those who don't go to vote.

You got that backwards. If AM3 has 941 and there is not 1 addition pin NOT being covered (AM3 has 4 sets of 2 blocks, thus that AM3+ board has 3 sets of 2 and 1 set of 1), that gives us 942 pins for AM3+ not 940. If the processors match, that 1 pin that needs an open hole just get's cock blocked. Thus why old chips fit the new socket, but new chips don't fit the old.

Erocker's right in the fact we have not seen the back side of the chip. Mayby this first gen will have 940 or 941 pins and the second gen they have planned has the 942.

Oops :eek:
 
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perhaps the hole is already there and just used for extra ground or some other unsupported on this platform feature like power gating, their new version of core boost,....
 

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Actually they just said it wouldn't work with the older socket. Also this is coming from a "source" of someone else's, so he could just be full of it.

They said it wouldn't work with the older socket because the older socket couldn't handle all the capabilities of the new architecture. If adding a single pin is the only change to the socket, and that is all that is preventing it from working on the older socket, and you believe this is OK, then I pitty you.:shadedshu

The statement they made clearly is refering to not the physical socket itself not being capable, but the chipsets and boards as well. There is no reason they couldn't have released bulldozer with AM3 support, even if it did loose some capabilities when run in an AM3 board. They've done it this way in the past.

If AMD wanted you to buy a new board every time the released a new chip, they would just take Intel approach and come out with a completely new pin layout/socket each time. They have never done that, so why start now.

They've never done that?!? Tell that to all of us who have gone though 754, 939, AM2/AM2+/AM3. They did it all the time, so don't give me that crap about them not doing it. It is only recently, when they started loosing the game and had to do something else to add value to their products, that started including backwards compatibility.

If we are taking sides, I chose to believe this news report is full of crap and the old info. about the sockets were right. I mean its all up in the air until someone from AMD steps forward and says something or the NDA is lifted and BtaRunr can just tell us the truth.

You're the only one taking sides, I'm just looking at the situation for what it is.

I agree that AMD's continued silence on the matter is discomforting. Although, to be fair, AMD has never stated that the current chipsets are incompatible with Zambezi.

JF-AMD has stated that AMD's official stance is that a motherboard manufacturer making a Zambezi chip run in an AM3 board via BIOS update is not supported. He doesn't say it is impossible.

That is kind of my point. They could have released the processor with backwards compatility, obviously, but decided not to. Yes, the architecture might have been held back a little by an older chipset, but for someone looking for a cheap upgrade it wouldn't matter. AMD has shown no problem with holding back an architecture on an older chipset/board/socket before.

I'm glad they didn't. For me, messing up a pin on a LGA socket seems all to easy. If you do happen to mess up a pin, it can be fixed, but a pin on the CPU itself seems easier to fix for me.

agreed, much easier to fix on a CPU then on a board.

It is easier to fix a pin on a CPU, but also easier to bend/break a pin on a CPU. If I drop my motherboard, chances of bending a pin are pretty close to 0. If I drop my CPU, I'm almost guaranteed a bend pin. Not to mention dropping the CPU is easier since it is smaller.
 
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I've seen problems with people dropping the CPU itself into the socket on an LGA775 board which destroyed it completely. Basically just dont drop your shit.

I'm pretty excited for Zambezi. I've been riding my current system for long enough and I can't wait to buld a new system. Hopefully this series can smoke BF3 properly.
 
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At least they are launching the bios before the cpus are out!
 
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It might be that AMD is releasing Zambezi with two different pin-counts. Like for example the 4-core and 6-core variants will be backwards compatible, but not the 8-core version. Or they will release two "generations" of CPUs and one of them is backwards compatible and the other one is not. Who knows. I guess we'll have to wait until June, if there isn't more delays.
 
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They've never done that?!? Tell that to all of us who have gone though 754, 939, AM2/AM2+/AM3. They did it all the time, so don't give me that crap about them not doing it. It is only recently, when they started loosing the game and had to do something else to add value to their products, that started including backwards compatibility.

You're the only one taking sides, I'm just looking at the situation for what it is.

That is kind of my point. They could have released the processor with backwards compatility, obviously, but decided not to. Yes, the architecture might have been held back a little by an older chipset, but for someone looking for a cheap upgrade it wouldn't matter. AMD has shown no problem with holding back an architecture on an older chipset/board/socket before.

First AM3, AM2+ were both backwards compatible. 754 to 939 was an actual change in the chip architecture. No excuse for 939 to AM2. I do not deny the backwards compatibility was a move to add value to their products. My point is why would they establish using backwards compatibility as value to their CPU line, then suddenly drop that entire idea? Why not continue that same trend if it was possible?

Technically AMD hasn't said anything concrete. We have had reports that it doesn't fit the socket. I don't remember anyone saying the older chipsets don't work.

And you are taking sides. You see a report from a site you probably never seen before with unidentified source in ASUS and your immediate response was "AMD are liars." That is the definition of taking a side.

This is how you take it for what it is: Read story and reply with, "Has ASUS confirmed this or responded to the post?"
 
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It might be that AMD is releasing Zambezi with two different pin-counts. Like for example the 4-core and 6-core variants will be backwards compatible, but not the 8-core version. Or they will release two "generations" of CPUs and one of them is backwards compatible and the other one is not. Who knows. I guess we'll have to wait until June, if there isn't more delays.

IMO this does make a lot of sence



i can see them making the 4/6core cpus compatible and leaving the 8/12/16 core CPUs as AM3+ Only.
 

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I personally hope bulldozer comes out and can compete with intel this time. it still bothers me how thuban did when competing to 1366
 
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It might be that AMD is releasing Zambezi with two different pin-counts. Like for example the 4-core and 6-core variants will be backwards compatible, but not the 8-core version. Or they will release two "generations" of CPUs and one of them is backwards compatible and the other one is not. Who knows. I guess we'll have to wait until June, if there isn't more delays.

Much like they made some slower versions of Phenom 2 that were AM2+ , but if you look at the G34 chips they are huge and the socket is completely different, I just don't see AMD being able to die shrink that to fit the current AM3 socket they use. I think AM3+ will have a larger PGA ZIF.


All I know is the UD5 better be on there or I am going to be pissed! If I have to buy a new mobo for their next processor, I may as well go to an Intel then.
 
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Don't care unless i can throw one on my Asus 880G board. Great news for the people who have those top end boards though.:)
 

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So whats the conclusion?

Is there a pin difference or no?
 
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Much like they made some slower versions of Phenom 2 that were AM2+ , but if you look at the G34 chips they are huge and the socket is completely different, I just don't see AMD being able to die shrink that to fit the current AM3 socket they use. I think AM3+ will have a larger PGA ZIF.


All I know is the UD5 better be on there or I am going to be pissed! If I have to buy a new mobo for their next processor, I may as well go to an Intel then.

Or how the original phenom worked in AM2 boards but only at HT1.0 link speeds.
 
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Guys, this news is not right....its little mistake. Yes, it will be new revision boards, but not with AM3 socket;) Zambezi has +1 pin for new controler...
 

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First AM3, AM2+ were both backwards compatible. 754 to 939 was an actual change in the chip architecture. No excuse for 939 to AM2. I do not deny the backwards compatibility was a move to add value to their products. My point is why would they establish using backwards compatibility as value to their CPU line, then suddenly drop that entire idea? Why not continue that same trend if it was possible?

Technically AMD hasn't said anything concrete. We have had reports that it doesn't fit the socket. I don't remember anyone saying the older chipsets don't work.

And you are taking sides. You see a report from a site you probably never seen before with unidentified source in ASUS and your immediate response was "AMD are liars." That is the definition of taking a side.

This is how you take it for what it is: Read story and reply with, "Has ASUS confirmed this or responded to the post?"

754 to 939 was not a change in architecture, they both used the same architecture. Though I will accept that it was implemented to allow Dual-Core CPUs, which AMD did not take into consideration when designing the socket.

I understand your point about their recent history, but my point is that a few recent actions doesn't mean they will always follow that logic. And if this news is true, it shows they obviously haven't followed that logic.

I'm not taking sides, I'm telling you what this news means. If that offends you, or you don't like it because someone is casting AMD in a light you don't like, that is your problem. That doesn't mean I'm taking a side.
 

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Ok now that we have all shown our e-peen can we please get to the facts?! Is this confirmed or bullshit?
 
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Ok now that we have all shown our e-peen can we please get to the facts?! Is this confirmed or bullshit?

Follow the source. It will give you its source which is a press release from Asus. That is confirmation.
 
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754 to 939 was not a change in architecture, they both used the same architecture. Though I will accept that it was implemented to allow Dual-Core CPUs, which AMD did not take into consideration when designing the socket.

I understand your point about their recent history, but my point is that a few recent actions doesn't mean they will always follow that logic. And if this news is true, it shows they obviously haven't followed that logic.

I'm not taking sides, I'm telling you what this news means. If that offends you, or you don't like it because someone is casting AMD in a light you don't like, that is your problem. That doesn't mean I'm taking a side.

Ok, I see your point.

And trust me there is nothing anyone can write about me that would offend me. I have my buttons, but written messages aren't one of them.
 
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754 to 939 was not a change in architecture, they both used the same architecture. Though I will accept that it was implemented to allow Dual-Core CPUs, which AMD did not take into consideration when designing the socket.

I understand your point about their recent history, but my point is that a few recent actions doesn't mean they will always follow that logic. And if this news is true, it shows they obviously haven't followed that logic.

I'm not taking sides, I'm telling you what this news means. If that offends you, or you don't like it because someone is casting AMD in a light you don't like, that is your problem. That doesn't mean I'm taking a side.

correct which is why I have a 754 rig that has a 3000 venice in it. the venice core athlon 64 was originally a 939 only chip and then they released some 754 variants later.
 
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Case BIT FENIX Prodigy
Audio Device(s) none
Power Supply SeaSonic X750 Gold 750W Modular
Software Windows Pro 7 64 bit || Ubuntu 64 Bit
Benchmark Scores 2017 Unigine Heaven :: P37239 3D Mark Vantage
All will be revealed in about 2 and a half months, until then it's all speculation and bologna until AMD says something. I personally hope they at least support 8 cores on AM3 otherwise this is a fail on AMD's part.
 
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System Name Obelisc
Processor i7 3770k @ 4.8 GHz
Motherboard Asus P8Z77-V
Cooling H110
Memory 16GB(4x4) @ 2400 MHz 9-11-11-31
Video Card(s) GTX 780 Ti
Storage 850 EVO 1TB, 2x 5TB Toshiba
Case T81
Audio Device(s) X-Fi Titanium HD
Power Supply EVGA 850 T2 80+ TITANIUM
Software Win10 64bit
What's with all the butter fingers? You should only be getting pin damage from excessive socket force like with a venom.
 
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