Quote Originally Posted by AMDforME View Post
The goal here is not to get a real number on the quantity of people who would purchase a drop-in socket AM3+ Steamroller core desktop CPU, but to see the percentages of current AM3+ owners and also non-owners that would buy one. If you posted this type of survey in every PC performance forum you could think of you might reach 20-30% of AMD enthusiasts so it's difficult to get an accurate sales volume number but based on Vishera sales, if the majority of current AM3+ users would buy a Steamroller CPU, then sales volumes should certainly be profitable and GloFo appears to have the capacity to make this happen.

With "yes" votes in the 90% range for a Steamroller drop-in, it's hard to argue that this wouldn't be a smart move by AMD.
Agreed now that I see your logic. This may hold true for many Enthusiast forums, the +90% but I'm starting to believe that AMD isn't too concerned with the "enthusiast market" . They're doing well in other areas and the last thing they need is to release another "bulldozer" if you know what I mean. They're future is quite delicate ATM.
If they could come up with something that would actually challenge/pas the performance of their Intel counterparts, that could be a saving grace and a revisit to the "Good Ole Days" but are they willing to take the chance. Appearances are everything these days, can make or break a company.