Nforce2 chipset motherboards

[SONY007]

Will these motherboards be able to use the Upcoming AMD Athlon™ 64 processor ?

[onesoul]

I don't thhink the current ones will, and maybe I am just being dumb but there aren't available any boards capable atm, at least for home consumer. Correct me if I'm wrong please.

[markrb]

No they will not. Not only do they need a new chipset, but also it uses a different CPU socket.
Nvidia's chipset will be called "CRUSH".
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=6358
Don't forget you might also need a new OS. Microsoft is readying XP 64 as we speak.

For more info on these matters check out the inquirer.net. Great computer news site.

Mark

[auenf]

the current Socket 462 Motherboards dont support Athlon XP 64/Opteron processors, but the Crush 6xx chipsets (the nforce2 ones) can easily work with either (not both).

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