Motherboards that work with Kentsfield

jmke · 29th September 2006, 21:20

Lately the introduction of every new Intel Socket 775 processor has required a new round of motherboards. With Kentsfield scheduled for a November release, a question on the minds of many readers is whether Kentsfield will work in the current Socket 775 favorites. Will a BIOS upgrade provide the support needed for Kentsfield or will we need new board upgrades to accommodate the new quad-core processor?

We asked Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, ECS, DFI, Abit, and Biostar which of their boards would support Kentsfield, and which BIOS revision was required for that support. We received replies from everyone except Abit, but DFI said it would be a few days until they could provide this information.

thorgal · 30th September 2006, 10:00

I can add Intel D975 "Bad Axe" to that list

29th September 2006, 21:20	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	Motherboards that work with Kentsfield Lately the introduction of every new Intel Socket 775 processor has required a new round of motherboards. With Kentsfield scheduled for a November release, a question on the minds of many readers is whether Kentsfield will work in the current Socket 775 favorites. Will a BIOS upgrade provide the support needed for Kentsfield or will we need new board upgrades to accommodate the new quad-core processor? We asked Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, ECS, DFI, Abit, and Biostar which of their boards would support Kentsfield, and which BIOS revision was required for that support. We received replies from everyone except Abit, but DFI said it would be a few days until they could provide this information. __________________

30th September 2006, 10:00	#2
thorgal [M] Reviewer Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,887	I can add Intel D975 "Bad Axe" to that list __________________

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