AMD's Bobcat and Bulldozer

[Mats]

Still not a new socket? Well they've already said they had to do AM3+ and make bulldozer incompatible with AM3 to ensure a performance boost(EDIT: More performance boost compared to sticking to AM3, I mean). No LGA, no PCI-E, is that something to complain? Do tell me if there's a performance difference beyond the margin of errors in putting the PCI-E lanes on the chipset or on the processor. Memory channels, yes, that's only one thing though.

You're missing my point. I'm not the one who's missing LGA and PCIe, I'm talking about AMD. They're going to add it, so why not add the pins now?
AMD wouldn't upset many people by doing this since the most anticipated compatibility is gone anyway.

Replacement probably comes when the next generation comes.

Exactly! If BDs first socket was made the right way, it could continue to work with the next gen BDs, but now we got AM3+ which is neither enough compatible with old boards, nor is modern enough to stay for some generations.

Heck, do we know if AM3+ is the same socket as AM3? We know that AM2+ and AM2 are the same sockets. Nothing that's stopping them from adding a wee bit more pins around the corners here and there and still maintain compatibility like how AM3 processors can fit into AM2+.

Been there.. . http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...8&postcount=43