dual proccesor mobo

-=HN=- Wild9 · 10-03-01, 06:55 PM

is it really worth getting a dual cpu mobo,
i was thinking of buying one from tiger direct, but i dont know if i should since i dont run a server or anything,
any commnents ????
any places where i can find more of them at???

Jon · 10-03-01, 07:40 PM

I have three duallies. Do I need them? No. But damn, they fly and I don't consider it overkill at all. Sure, you need multithreaded programs for them to really shine but most programs are multithreaded. If you're a Quake player you're in for a treat.

I did most of my searching through Pricewatch.com. Axion Technologies has the best price on a decent dually board I have as well...the ECS D6VAA. $69.00 shipped. Newegg.com has the VP6 at a good price as well. That's where I bought mine from.

Kingslayer · 10-03-01, 08:23 PM

Yes a dual cpu motherboard is worth every cent. However buying one from TigerDirect is not. Get a good quality board. Abit VP-6 is the top of this list and can be had for about $135 at compuplus.com.

CrystalMethod · 10-03-01, 10:41 PM

So what do ya'll think of the Asus CUV4X-D ? I can get one for $227 (Cost + 2% Canadian dollars). I had planned on getting it earlier, then Tyan released their dual AMD board/s, so now i'm kinda up in the air about things.

Kingslayer · 10-04-01, 10:08 AM

The AMD benchmarks that I have seen for SMP has not impressed me at all. They are too slow.

The Asus is a good board. Almost as fast as the ABIT VP-6 and almost as good of an overclocker as the VP-6. I personally like the benefits of the VP-6. IDE RAID, better bios, fan headers that can take a 7000RPM Delta and not fry, easy to replace chipset heatsink. And Abit is really the only company that has figured out how to properly use four memory slots without sacrificing stability.

William · 10-04-01, 12:35 PM

Jon, you like that ECS board?

Jon · 10-04-01, 12:56 PM

It's a pretty good board. Nothing spectacular and not the greatest overclocker as far as options go, but it has enough. I'm not sorry I didn't get something else by any means, although I wouldn't get one for a main rig.

For $69 shipped, it's excellent.

10-03-01, 06:55 PM	Thread Starter #1
-=HN=- Wild9 Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Dayton, Ohio	dual proccesor mobo is it really worth getting a dual cpu mobo, i was thinking of buying one from tiger direct, but i dont know if i should since i dont run a server or anything, any commnents ???? any places where i can find more of them at???
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10-03-01, 07:40 PM	#2
Jon Just Another Retired Moderator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Lawrenceville, GA	I have three duallies. Do I need them? No. But damn, they fly and I don't consider it overkill at all. Sure, you need multithreaded programs for them to really shine but most programs are multithreaded. If you're a Quake player you're in for a treat. I did most of my searching through Pricewatch.com. Axion Technologies has the best price on a decent dually board I have as well...the ECS D6VAA. $69.00 shipped. Newegg.com has the VP6 at a good price as well. That's where I bought mine from. __________________ theHTPC.net CheapCritic.com
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10-03-01, 08:23 PM	#3
Kingslayer Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Port Charlotte, Florida	Yes a dual cpu motherboard is worth every cent. However buying one from TigerDirect is not. Get a good quality board. Abit VP-6 is the top of this list and can be had for about $135 at compuplus.com. __________________ "Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have made a difference in the world. Marines don't have that problem" Ronald Reagan Proud member of the XDC
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10-03-01, 10:41 PM	#4
CrystalMethod Senior Band Wagon Jumper Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada	So what do ya'll think of the Asus CUV4X-D ? I can get one for $227 (Cost + 2% Canadian dollars). I had planned on getting it earlier, then Tyan released their dual AMD board/s, so now i'm kinda up in the air about things. __________________ Tried the search button lately? http://bufferoverflow.net/blog
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10-04-01, 10:08 AM	#5
Kingslayer Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Port Charlotte, Florida	The AMD benchmarks that I have seen for SMP has not impressed me at all. They are too slow. The Asus is a good board. Almost as fast as the ABIT VP-6 and almost as good of an overclocker as the VP-6. I personally like the benefits of the VP-6. IDE RAID, better bios, fan headers that can take a 7000RPM Delta and not fry, easy to replace chipset heatsink. And Abit is really the only company that has figured out how to properly use four memory slots without sacrificing stability. __________________ "Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have made a difference in the world. Marines don't have that problem" Ronald Reagan Proud member of the XDC
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10-04-01, 12:35 PM	#6
William Prodigal Son Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Tuscaloosa AL	Jon, you like that ECS board? __________________ Cameron: Are you crazy, House? You can't divide by zero! The server is almost overloaded as it is, despite us having pumped it full of matrices! Foreman: He was right about that infinite sequence last week... maybe we didn't consider this could be an asymptotic problem. House: This is the only way! Sometimes solutions are NP complete and there's nothing anyone can do about it! Foreman, sneak into the physics department and reroute their servers to ours, we need the extra processors if we don't want this equation to go quadratic on us. Chase, patch the memory leak and install Matlab 9.3. Chase: Shouldn't we be using Mathematica for potentially asymptotic functions? House: When I want your opinion, I'll do an affine transformation to get it. I'm off to see Cuddy. Those parabolic eigenvalues of hers must be good for something.
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10-04-01, 12:56 PM	#7
Jon Just Another Retired Moderator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Lawrenceville, GA	It's a pretty good board. Nothing spectacular and not the greatest overclocker as far as options go, but it has enough. I'm not sorry I didn't get something else by any means, although I wouldn't get one for a main rig. For $69 shipped, it's excellent. __________________ theHTPC.net CheapCritic.com
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