MSI 890FXA-GD65 reviews????? **UPDATE** board installed

[Opteron146]

we have, and we were told there was no way to make it work on AM3 due to the additional features of AM3+ that were required.

I just remember the telephone conference, where AMD talked about AM3+.
They said that they needed some new electric stuff for the last +5% extra performance. Because Bulldozer is an enthusiast CPU, and enthusiast want any extra performance, they decided to have AM3+.
An AM3 Bulldozer design is no problem, it will just have ~5% less performance.

Maybe they changed their opinion since then, who knows. There is a new (temporary) CEO, maybe he is more in favor of upgradeablility ?

However, I currently think that it is MSI's error. They use the same basic PCB Design for the GD70/GD65 and the upcoming BingBangConqueror AM3+ board with 990FX chipset.

All boards are from the 7640 series, the GD70 is with the additional markings "ver 1.2" oldest, the GD65 with ver. 3 is newest, and the (real) AM3+ board is in between with ver 2.0.

Quite likely that somebody forgot to delete the AM3+ string from the previous design.
However, one has to wonder what the MSI people are blabbering then about AM3+ compatibility

In any case, we will have confirmation in a few hours, thanks @newls1 for checking