Gigabyte support for AM2+/AM3

[StrangleHold]

Gigabyte claims these are the AM2+ boards that will with a bios update support the AM2+/AM3 45nm. Phenom II.

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/News/Motherboard/News_List.aspx?NewsID=1423

 

[Bob Jeffery]

So the physical am3 slot is going to be exactly the same as am2+?

 

[Ramodkk]

^ According to that, yes.

 

[StrangleHold]

The AM2/AM2+ and AM3 are all physically the same slot.

AM3 processors will have DDR2/3 memory controllers. But only AM3 boards will have DDR3 slots.