Question about dual socket performance...

asusradeon · Feb 13, 2007

1st thing, would i beable to use two different CPUs on a dual socket board such as:

1 * AMD Athlon 2500+
1 * AMD Sempron 2400+

or would they need to be the same ?

and second.. would i see a large increase in performance from having just 1 Sempron 2400+, if i had 2 sempron 2400+ on a dual socket board ?

thanks

phantasm · Feb 13, 2007

If memory serves me right they need to be the same.

asusradeon · Feb 13, 2007

phantasm said:
If memory serves me right they need to be the same.

ok thank m8, and what sort of performance would i get ? would it be similar to dual core, as in i can run 2 demanding processes/application simultaneusly ?

bchur83 · Feb 13, 2007

Also, you will need MP processors. If you are going with the AthlonXP class of Dual Processors, you will need Athlon MPs or modded Athlon XPs. They should be the same processor rating, but I think some boards will allow different rated processors, as long as they will both run the same speed.

Jon · Feb 13, 2007

asusradeon said:
ok thank m8, and what sort of performance would i get ? would it be similar to dual core, as in i can run 2 demanding processes/application simultaneusly ?

Yes. However, I believe dual Semprons (K7s) are only going to run on the old MPX (Athlon MP-compatible) boards. These things can't really be compared to dual-core systems. They're pretty slow in comparison. Still make decent workhorses in some respects though (I have 3 of them).

asusradeon · Feb 13, 2007

Jon said:
Yes. However, I believe dual Semprons (K7s) are only going to run on the old MPX (Athlon MP-compatible) boards. These things can't really be compared to dual-core systems. They're pretty slow in comparison. Still make decent workhorses in some respects though (I have 3 of them).

i was looking at this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tyan-Thunder-...ryZ44941QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

would that work with two 2400+ semprons?

Jon · Feb 13, 2007

asusradeon said:
i was looking at this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tyan-Thunder-...ryZ44941QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

would that work with two 2400+ semprons?

Yep.

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