Is the Ivy Bridge CPU Backwards Compatible?

[bbjeepen]

Newegg said my EVGA Z68 FTW 160-SB-E689-KR board only works with a Sandy bridge processor but I thought Intel made the Ivy Bridge backward compatible. Why cannot I purchase an Ivy Bridge process for this board

 

[socialfox]

I am assuming there is no bios update that supports the Ivy Bridge. That board supports Sandy bridge off the bat but not Ivy Bridge.

 

[jaguarskx]

It's backwards compatible as long as the manufacturer (EVGA) releases a BIOS for the motherboard so that it can recognized the Ivy Bridge CPU.

 

[jaguarskx]

By the way, do not post the same damn question in three different posts. That's called spamming and is frowned upon in any forum.

 

[socialfox]

Just wanted to add, this is what caused me to assume there was no bios update released for Ivy bridge:
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=1770179&mpage=1

Also just checked the EVGA support site for that specific board and they make no reference to Ivy bridge at all...

Edit: That being said I believe the answer remains the same as said in these threads :lol:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/354105-28-bridge-processor-backwards-compatable
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/354104-28-bridge-processor-backward-compatible

 

[bbjeepen]

By the way, do not post the same damn question in three different posts. That's called spamming and is frowned upon in any forum.

Sorry, When I tried post the first two time I got a message that the site was down and come back later, I did not realize that the my question was posted