AMD Shanghai/Deneb Review Thread

[roofsniper]

so just because everyone was curious about am2+ cpus using ddr3 i asked about it. k10 does infact have a ddr3 controller on it but am2+ cpus can not use it because it is disabled through fuses. so i asked if am2+ cpus could work in am3 motherboards. he wasn't sure but he said if it would work it would not work with ddr3. so even if am2+ cpus would work in am3 motherboards the am3 boards would have to have ddr2 memory slots.
edit: so im doing a google search for fuses on k10 and i get this from our own forums from last year when k10 was first released: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=699. it also states that there is a ddr3 controller but it is disabled through fuses.

[keithlm]

IF the AM2+ Deneb works in AM3 motherboards, as someone has claimed, then it would be because of the following:

(DISCLAIMER: This is based ONLY on my opinion and a guess)

There might not really be a "true" AM2+ Deneb. All DENEB chips might be AM3 chips that will work on AM3 or AM2+ motherboards. They may just release the first couple of chips before AM3 motherboards are available and say that they are AM2+ Denebs for marketing purposes.