You might be right on that, I'm not entirely sure where I picked up that it was going to go from 1.1 to 1.2. A google shows that 1.3 is the current iteration. Sometimes I remember things, but don't know where I found the information from!

No real reason to go 8xx over 9xx then, as far as we know.... On the other hand there's no sense in buying a board now for Bulldozer launch rather than waiting for the 990FX boards to arrive. I think the 8xx AM3+ boards are for people buying AM3 CPUs now, and thinking of an upgrade next year. Disappointed with the information on Bulldozer that's come out in CEBIT. I had hoped to find out more about the platform.