First Prescott processors not compatible with current motherboards?

After meeting with a manufacturer in Los Angeles yesterday, we were told that the first batch of Prescott processors will not be compatible with any motherboard currently available on the market today. Before Prescott undergoes a complete socket overhaul in Q2 2004, all Prescott processors will be of the Socket 478 variety, shipments of which will start in early Q4 of this year. But due to a mandatory voltage regulation spec change from VIN 1.0 to VIN 1.5, these Socket 478 Prescott processors will not be compatible with any Socket 478 motherboards. Motherboards based on 865PE and 875P chipsets are among those not compatible with the first Prescotts we learned.


We know of many users that are currently purchasing motherboards based on the assumption that, because Prescotts will be Socket 478 until Q2 next year, current Socket 478 motherboards will be compatible until then. However, this assumption is highly unlikely to be true based on the information we were given on Wednesday. Intel and motherboard manufacturers may be able to find a workaround, but we wouldn't count on it.

link

Ed na overclockers.com pravi, da Anad naklada, po tem ko sem malo preletel specifikacije se kar strinjam. Klik!

Pa da o ceni tudi ne govorimo, neda?
2400+ stane max 24000 SIT
2400 MHZ Intel pa 48000 SIT
tako, da ne vem kaj se bolj splača

Tak bom rekel...ce znas (!) posteno nastavit sistem je vseeno ali imas Intel ali Amd. Oboje bo 100% stabilno. Jaz imam Vio (ki je kao nestabilna baje ) KT400 pa nisem imel crasha odkar sem nabavil ta sistem - pa je gor 24/7, kot workstation & server. Tiste govorice o pregrevanju pa so tudi iz trte zvite.

robibrk: To je veljalo vcasih, da je Intel v vseh pogledih "slabsi". Toda zdej ga je HTT in 800 MHz fsb dvignil nad AMDja ... Tko, da se ga zdej je splaca kupit. Pa se navije se ga bolj.

Aja, glede Prescotta. Sigurno bo najnovejsa serija ga podpirala. Tle ni dvoma. Namrec Intel namerava svoj naslednji cipset lauchat spomladi ... P5 pa ze letos. Torej?

Drugace pa mislim da je P5 ubijalec AMD 3400+. Zdej je edina stvar ki bo ven vlekla AMD64 integriran memory kontroler ... Toda, intel ga je s svojim novim chipsetom tleke tudi ze mocno za vrat stisnu ...

Mislim, da se bo novi AMD64 v dolocenih aplikacijah odrezal odlicno, v vecini pa ne ...(heh, neki tazga kot je sedaj). Sele s full podporo softwera se zna kej spremenit ...