05-21-2008, 01:39 AM
Quote:I'm hoping 45nm and AM3 will reassert some AMD competitiveness. Intel needs a competitor.
The fact that AM3 CPUs will be backwards compatible on AM2 motherboards is a great idea. It will allow incremental upgrades. I was stuck with a s939/DDR1 system and their was no way to upgrade without getting a new CPU, motherboard, and RAM all at the same time. With the AM3 plan, you could upgrade the processor first, then the motherboard, then the RAM and stretch it out over a while.
In the end though, it will all depend on how the AMD CPUs will perform versus the Intel counterparts. Only time will tell.