Quote Originally Posted by liberato87 View Post
I'm very sad and thoughtfu because BD was "near" to launch, and now it has been delayed to no official date
I hoped almost to know something in June, even if BD was not launched. Just to see if we're waiting something special...
I dont know nothing for sure
- BD will work on some am3 motherboards like asus/msi said?
- BD how much will be better than phenom II, core vs core?
- BD 2 will be on another socket.. am3+ will be supported only 1 year?
I'm thinking of selling my CH IV and buy an am3+ motherboard, but I don't know if getting a "medium range" mainboard and save money or buying a CH V ...
a CH V will be too expensive IMHO if BD will not be almost +30% better than phenom II, core vs core, and if AMD will not support and develope am3+ cpus next year..
-> sorry for my poor english but itsnt my 1st language
Quick recap.Maybe im gonna be helpful.
Yes BD should work on selected AM3 boards, and will work for sure on am3+ boards using 7xx /8xx chipsets which are available for some time.
Performance is totally unknown.All theoretical estimations put it at least above 2600k in multithreaded and below in singlethreaded.However theres new instructions, AES/AVX/SSE4 .Improvement should be at least from small when using non optimized code, to big using new instructions.Its should destroy Phenom X6 no problem.
Yes BD2 will be on another socket, as for support longevity of Am3+ its unknown.However when in doubt always be pessimistic.
Youre right on the mainboard front.Its no use to buy now, most probably your board is going to be supported (there is bios already) and buying high end mobo with 990FX seems pointless for you as its the same chipset as 890FX.There are differences in mainbord itself, but am3+ is shortlived.Best advice, wait and see.If BD delivers performance and AMD commits somewhat to Am3+ than it might be a good idea, but not before that.