870A-G54 vs. 870A-G54 FX

Hi,
I was wondering if an 870AG54 will support new bulldozers, and now I find that MSI is making such the same mainboard with the same bios, just with black cpu socket, calling it FX, that support new am3+ sockets, and asking 20-30EUR more for such thing..
Any chance to get AM3+ support for "usual" 870A-G54????

Quote from: Henry on 11-October-11, 07:27:15
http://eu.msi.com/news-media/news/1224.html
great news!!
checked stores again, FX version cost approx the same as non-FX version, so hopefully its not just some marketing move, and MSI will support older MoBos with AM3+ bios's - we are waiting for am3+ support to curent AM3 boards MSI!! 
at last, bulldozer(FX) CPUs from first reviews is flop so no bother at all att..

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