On Wed, 19 May 2004 05:36:34 +0100, the gnome wrote:

Seems to me that they will use the same socket as the current range of
Opteron socket 940 or socket 939, whichever is more suitable at the time.



That makes it a bit difficult to purchase a mobo and opterons now, unless
you can just clip off the excess pin at a later date

the_gnome

The are definitely doing it for the Opteron (940 pin) they haven't decided
if they are going to do it for the consumer part (939 pin). My guess is
that they will but it might not happen until a couple of quarters after
the server parts come out. If you really want a dual core upgrade path
then buy an Opteron board now. Personally I wouldn't worry about future
compatibility, you can always buy a new motherboard when the time comes.
Chances are when the dual core parts come out they'll support DDRII RAM so
you'll want to upgrade your RAM also. There will also be SATA drives that
support command queueing so you'll want a new drive to go with the new CPU
and RAM. You see where I'm going with this, in two years there will be
enough improvements in the other components of your system that you'll
want a whole new box anyway.