Intel/AMD swap socket :idea:
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I would like to see a motherboard that supported both AM2 and Conroe... That way you could upgrade to the fastest processor, just enabling more choices...
Even better would be if Intel and AMD next platform went to the same socket, as was done in years gone by... then the user/sysbuilder could use the best price/performance solution as needed... and benchies could be carried out giving most accurate comparisons
I would like to see a motherboard that supported both AM2 and Conroe... That way you could upgrade to the fastest processor, just enabling more choices...
Even better would be if Intel and AMD next platform went to the same socket, as was done in years gone by... then the user/sysbuilder could use the best price/performance solution as needed... and benchies could be carried out giving most accurate comparisons
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Not too impossible: There's already a socket 775/939 board produced by ECS. Just no AM2/755 board, and the current 775/939 board will not support conroe.I wonder how that board performs with the add on card installed? Link.
The add on card has a seperate northbridge and DIMM slots.
Here's the performance
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1829&p...
Here's the performance
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1829&p...
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:idea: I would like to see a motherboard that supported both AM2 and Conroe... That way you could upgrade to the fastest processor, just enabling more choices...
Even better would be if Intel and AMD next platform went to the same socket, as was done in years gone by... then the user/sysbuilder could use the best price/performance solution as needed... and benchies could be carried out giving most accurate comparisons
manufacturers wouldn't spend the money on it I'm sure. they'd be designing and manufacturing a memory contoller that potentially wouldn't even be used. and they'd have to design all this circuitry to bypass the memory controller if necessary. probably do-able, but expensive.
sorry. let me clarify. i didn't mean to say it was technically impossible, what I meant to say is that such a solution would never, ever become successful.
the board you refer to is large, expensive, and doesn't perform well. additionally, the review i saw cited several major show stopping bugs.
could it be refined? sure! but why do we need such a board? we don't. no one does.
the board you refer to is large, expensive, and doesn't perform well. additionally, the review i saw cited several major show stopping bugs.
could it be refined? sure! but why do we need such a board? we don't. no one does.
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