Talk:Socket AM2+

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This information needs adjustment. Many AMD AM2 chpsets do not allow AM2+ processors to work. This includes all Crossfire-supported chipsets and only allows for the most modern of the 6-Series chips to be used.

This incombatibility is not Socket related but manufacturer related. Several manufacturers (Sapphire is one) are not able or not willing to compile a Phenom-compatible Bios. --Denniss (talk) 11:33, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Possible typo: "AM2+ processors do not work on AM3 motherboards due to the lack of the DDR3 memory controller" I think the AM3 motherboards would be missing a DDR2 controller, not a DDR3 controller, as they are newer.

Memory controller is inside the CPU, not in the motherboard. --Denniss (talk) 16:27, 27 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AM2+ socket/motherboard

What is this article about ? The socket or the motherboard ? When this article states that the "AM3 processors work on AM2+ motherboards due to the presence of both the DDR2 and DDR3 memory controller", it's about the motherboard... If the article is only about the socket, then all you need to say is that AM3 fits into an AM2+ socket YDSL (talk) 20:36, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It would be fairly pointless to have an article about the socket itself and ignore the motherboards (or processors) associated with it. Compatibility between socket AM2/AM2+/AM3 products is a significant point of interest, and goes beyond the socket itself.

While I'm here I will comment on the edit that you have been in conflict with Denniss over (on a related topic): the provided Tom's Hardware reference indicates that AM2+ processors physically will not fit in an AM3 socket. The Jetway board (MA3-79GDG COMBO) that you cite is not an AM3 product for the simple fact that it does not use an AM3 socket, and the Jetway product page and manual both describe it as an AM2+ product. The support for DDR3 memory (which, in contrast to Denniss's edit summary, appears to be accessible to the CPU and is distinct from the 128 MB of soldered-in DDR3 sideport memory) makes the board a novelty, but not an AM3 product.

The article should perhaps point to the physical incompatibility rather than the memory difference, but it was right to state that AM2+ processors will not work in AM3 motherboards. — Aluvus t/c 02:46, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]