Will Sriker Extreme 680i SLI support upcoming Wolfdale and Yorkfield 45nm processors?

Hello to everybody!
I have done little research on that topic and I am still confused.Some say
that 680i SLI chipset supports upcoming 45m procesors but the mainboards
are not,and thy need some circuit upgrade.Here is what Nvidia spokesman sai
abou this topic:"the 680i MCP fully
supports both dual core Wolfdale and quad core Yorkfield, but at the board
level, a motherboard circuit change is required for quad core YF".So now I
wonder is Striker Exreme one of that boards that do not suppot 45nm CPU-s
without circuit change or it needs just an BIOS upgrade according to
anandtech :http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3138&p=2.If it needs
just a BIOS upgrade I ll be quite happy cause I wont need to change my MBO
if I wish in the future to go on new processors!
Thx for answers!

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:24:58 +0100, slipknot wrote:

Hello to everybody!
I have done little research on that topic and I am still confused.Some say
that 680i SLI chipset supports upcoming 45m procesors but the mainboards
are not,and thy need some circuit upgrade.Here is what Nvidia spokesman sai
abou this topic:"the 680i MCP fully
supports both dual core Wolfdale and quad core Yorkfield, but at the board
level, a motherboard circuit change is required for quad core YF".So now I
wonder is Striker Exreme one of that boards that do not suppot 45nm CPU-s
without circuit change or it needs just an BIOS upgrade according to
anandtech :http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3138&p=2.If it needs
just a BIOS upgrade I ll be quite happy cause I wont need to change my MBO
if I wish in the future to go on new processors!
Thx for answers!

Sorry,my fault.The support for Bios upgrade for Srtiker is on the second
page at the bottom:http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3138&p=2

slipknot wrote:
Hello to everybody!
I have done little research on that topic and I am still confused.Some say
that 680i SLI chipset supports upcoming 45m procesors but the mainboards
are not,and thy need some circuit upgrade.Here is what Nvidia spokesman sai
abou this topic:"the 680i MCP fully
supports both dual core Wolfdale and quad core Yorkfield, but at the board
level, a motherboard circuit change is required for quad core YF".So now I
wonder is Striker Exreme one of that boards that do not suppot 45nm CPU-s
without circuit change or it needs just an BIOS upgrade according to
anandtech :http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3138&p=2.If it needs
just a BIOS upgrade I ll be quite happy cause I wont need to change my MBO
if I wish in the future to go on new processors!
Thx for answers!

I tried searching the nvidia.com domain, and looking for "Wolfdale" (dual core
45nm 6MB cache). The results from forums.nvidia.com are a bit curious. Someone
tested a pre-release Yorkfield and it worked. The release one didn't work properly.
The 780i still doesn't overclock worth a damn. Disabling two cores seemed to
help (which means when it is eventually released, a Wolfdale might work after all).
Dropping the FSB slightly also seemed to help (which is pointless, but just another
observation of a tester). I would rate this "a mess".

http://www.altavista.com/web/results...wolfdale&aqp=&
aqo=&aqn=&kgs=1&kls=0&dt=tmperiod&d2=0&dfr%5Bd%5D= 1&dfr%5Bm%5D=1&dfr%5By%5D=1980&
dto%5Bd%5D=9&dto%5Bm%5D=1&dto%5By%5D=2008&filetype =&rc=dmn&swd=nvidia.com&lh=&nbq=10

If you aren't really that rich, you can afford to wait three months more, and
see how it all pans out. If you are rich enough for this 45nm stuff, then
just buy another motherboard. Maybe eventually, there'll be a motherboard
worth buying. I guess it really boils down to how hooked you are on SLI.

You could always buy one 9800GX2 when they're released, and use it on an Intel
chipset board. Sort of a compromise solution.

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/articl...50aHVzaWFzdA==

Paul

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:00:58 GMT, Howard Goldstein wrote:

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:24:58 +0100, slipknot wrote:
: level, a motherboard circuit change is required for quad core YF".So now I
: wonder is Striker Exreme one of that boards that do not suppot 45nm CPU-s
: without circuit change or it needs just an BIOS upgrade according to
: anandtech :http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3138&p=2.If it needs
: just a BIOS upgrade I ll be quite happy cause I wont need to change my MBO
: if I wish in the future to go on new processors!

FWIW my (and maybe your?) SE box has a nice sticker on the front of it
that says "Support 45nm CPUs". I don't know if that's supposed to
be a command or a spec though.

Yes I know that it has written to support 45nm processors and it is also
stated on official pages.But there is no information will it be dual core
CPU-s(Wolfdale) or quad core (Yorkfield) or both.I will be satisfaied with
dual core,but I would more likely see Yorkfield/Penryn in my System.FYI
there is official release of new 1401 bios from asus ftp server :
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/asus/mb/so...1401.zip.Maybe
it is the long avaited one which will offer 45 nm support, but I will not
flash it until I see info about it on asus pages(that should be very soon I
suppose).Currently I have Q6600 2.4MHz Kentsfield old B3 stepping(I would
like that it is G0),not much of a overclocker on this OC friendly mobo,so I
intened to replace it with new 45nm CPU which by all means and reviews
offer beter OC potential.
Best Regards!
P.S.
I am appolgizing if my english is not so good cause I am from Croatia and
it is my second language.

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:00:58 GMT, Howard Goldstein wrote:

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:24:58 +0100, slipknot wrote:
: level, a motherboard circuit change is required for quad core YF".So now I
: wonder is Striker Exreme one of that boards that do not suppot 45nm CPU-s
: without circuit change or it needs just an BIOS upgrade according to
: anandtech :http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3138&p=2.If it needs
: just a BIOS upgrade I ll be quite happy cause I wont need to change my MBO
: if I wish in the future to go on new processors!

FWIW my (and maybe your?) SE box has a nice sticker on the front of it
that says "Support 45nm CPUs". I don't know if that's supposed to
be a command or a spec though.

The link for new 1401 BIOS that I gave doesnt work, here is the new one:
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/asus/mb/so...eme/SE1401.zip