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 ...
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 ...
We've had high core counts, decent single-core performance, and thermally efficient CPUs for years now. Comparing an 8-year-old CPU to a modern chip will show you a huge performance gap, but ...