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scorpion8535
02-20-2003, 06:03 PM
I am looking for a Motherboard for AMD dual Processors on it, need some help thks.
cherokeechief
02-22-2003, 05:00 PM
well there are a couple out there. one is the Tyan mother baords.
http://www.tyan.com/products/html/athlon.html
but you will see that you will have to use the AMD MP Athloin chips instead of the XP Athlon chips.
the Athlon MP cpu chips are designed for multiprocessor systems.
Daveplot
03-04-2003, 10:34 AM
Look at Gigabytes boards. I run the GA-7DPXDW+ now and I love it. I upgraded to it from my Tyan 2460.

2cpu review of the Gigabyte (http://www.2cpu.com/Hardware/GA-7DPXDW+/)

I would never buy another Tyan again....they don't follow AMD's recomended voltage guidelines. In the forums at 2cpu.com their are numerous complaints of power conector meltdowns.
capdavis
03-04-2003, 06:08 PM
yeah Gigabyte makes good duel CPU mobos.. And there fairly cheap.
SpeedFreak
03-06-2003, 08:22 AM
MSI, Gigabyte, Asus, Chaintech, IWILL all have dual MP mobos
i would not get Tyan based on my past problems with high failure rates on their dual Intel mobos we had used here at work for turnkey systems.
Kemo Racer
03-18-2003, 08:48 AM
Don't get a dual AMD mobo. You don't need it for gaming surfing the net. If you need a server then get dual Xeon.
Daveplot
03-18-2003, 09:00 AM
Don't get a dual AMD mobo. You don't need it for gaming surfing the net. If you need a server then get dual Xeon.


Dual AMD Boxes make great workstations and servers. I use mine for everything from surfing the net, gaming, graphics work, video editing, rendering, and CAD. It's over half the price of an Xeon machine and performs the same.
Kemo Racer
03-18-2003, 10:38 AM
I use a P3 450mhz with 128 mb of PC 133 ram to run AutoCAD and mechanical desktop, that doesn't mean its just as good as a dual Xeon. For the price difference and use of an AMD, it’s not worth it. Especially when the 800mhz line will be launched.
Daveplot
03-18-2003, 12:03 PM
I use a P3 450mhz with 128 mb of PC 133 ram to run AutoCAD and mechanical desktop, that doesn't mean its just as good as a dual Xeon. For the price difference and use of an AMD, it’s not worth it. Especially when the 800mhz line will be launched.

I never said that because it runs autocad that it's as good as a dual Xeon.

The MP's have half the cache as the Xeons and perform about the same.