According to Chinese-language site HKEPC (via Register Hardware), AMD is slated to debut Socket AM3 Phenom CPUs during Q1 09. According to a roadmap leaked earlier this month, AMD will release their ...

AMD has today unveiled the much-speculated Phenom II X4 955 Black version CPU, an upgrade of current socket AM2+ performance Quad-core processors with similar 45nm fabrication, 8MB cache (2MB L2 + 6MB ...

MSI announced its AMD AM3 motherboards as well as BIOS upgrades for MSI’s AM3 motherboards to enable support for AMD’s new generation AM3+ multi-core processors. Through the BIOS upgrades, MSI says ...

One downside of the upcoming Phenom II - Bulldozer transition is that the new processors won't be compatible with current AM3 motherboards. This news disappointed certain AMD enthusiasts, given that ...

AMD have announced their new socket AM3 CPUs as well as their first triple-core 45nm Phenom II processors, in an attempt to take on Intel's Core 2 Quad range. Five new chips are on offer, two of which ...

AMD released five Phenom AM3 processors a couple of days ago and we took a look at the performance of two in our review. Now, with estimated dollar-to-pound pricing hovering between £100-£150, knowing ...

If we were not clear before on this issue, our sources from the industry are telling us that 45nm AM3 CPU should easily fit your existing AM2 board, and it should even work. AM3 and AM2 sockets are ...

First it was AMD's partners that let the AM3 cat out of the bag by announcing a range of AM3 motherboards somewhat early. Now, AM3-based AMD Phenom CPUs, which use an hybrid DDR2-1,066/DDR3-1,333 ...

Well, if it is like the AM2/AM2+ transition, a few of the AM2 boards could be flashed to accept AM3 CPUs, but all the AM2+ boards were validated for both AM2 and AM3 CPUs. Could just be firmware, but ...

AMD will launch four new Phenom II branded CPUs, two of them in X4 and two in X3 three core edition. The top AM3 CPU for a while will be AMD Phenom II X4 810 at 2.6GHz quad core and this CPU has total ...

I have a biostar a760g M2+ motherboard with a quad core processor currently installed. Since AM3 CPUs are backwards compatible with AM2+ motherboards I was wondering if this would work, and if there ...