Intel's DDR3-friendly Bearlake chipset launching in a week

Get ready for the non-revolution: Intel has pushed forward the launch of its Bearlake chipset from May 27th to May 9th, which means everyone is prepping motherboards and DDR3 memory to join in the fun next week. Unfortunately, while there will no doubt be performance increases seen, DDR2's evolution in the high-performance area means DDR3 doesn't pack too much of a relative punch, and won't really pull away from current DDR2 speeds until it starts to hit 1.33GHz and 1.6GHz. Intel has publications under NDA until May 9th, but we're sure to see huge crop of benchmark results of Bearlake once the NDA lifts, and will prep our pocketbooks accordingly.

[Johan S @ May 2nd 2007 5:42PM]

What? What's wrong with Dance Dance Revolution 2? Anyway I can't wait for this new board.

[Lazarus Dark @ May 2nd 2007 6:01PM]

I was just about to get a g965 mobo. guess I can wait a week to see if the new boards are worth it. I'm definately interested to see if any come with integrated hdmi/hdcp. vga should just die already.

[Reikon @ May 2nd 2007 6:51PM]

"I'm definately interested to see if any come with integrated hdmi/hdcp"

No, please no. Less DRM. Stick with VGA and DRM-free DVI.

[greg @ May 2nd 2007 6:11PM]

what will the first intel processor to support ddr3....peryn???

[SimbaDogg @ May 3rd 2007 2:10AM]

uhhh...drm and dvi/hdmi...uhhh....

[Leonard Nimrod @ May 2nd 2007 6:54PM]

My only interest is that DDR2 prices will drop.

[KC @ May 2nd 2007 11:30PM]

I second that! DDR2 prices need to come down (I know they have been steadily dropping but they need to drop faster)

[Luis @ May 2nd 2007 11:47PM]

Lazarus Dark do NOT get a g965 mobo! They get terrible reviews because of their lack of overclockability and their poor graphics capabilities. You're better off just getting a p965 or this new mobo. I cant wait for ddr2 ram's prices to hit the floor. Newegg is already offering 2gb of ddr2 800mhz ram for only 116 bucks, 6 months ago when i built my C2D rig 1gb of the same ram was about that price! woah crazy!!!

[ranron @ May 3rd 2007 12:16AM]

I'm curious when they will release mobile chipsets with DDR3, because DDR3 uses less power than DDR2. I'm going to get a tablet, so this will be nice to have.

[u07ch @ May 3rd 2007 8:01AM]

I got excited until i realised the first a was an a in bearlake :(

[neosoul @ May 5th 2007 9:39PM]

hahahaha... poor AMD

AMD: BUT WE JUST GOT DDR2 !!!