Duron Dual Board?

[IFMU]

Ok, Im wondering if I can use my Duron in a dual board and would it work ok? I wouldnt expect a great OC, if any at all. But Ive been wanting to build one up, so figured Id do some research a lil and see what I can find out... Heres the stepping on the core.

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I do believe its a Spitfire core, not the Morgan. I was told in another thread Athlon XP? that it should work..... but Im just wanting to double check it..... He said

An older duron works fine in a S2460 tyan board.So does the Athlon b and c processors....

Would this work in that Tiger mobo? And would it work ok?

 

[Yodums]

Asus A7M266-D....

The board isn't that expensive for people with big bucks, and it is a really popular good board, also with overclocking features Also if you can spare a good 80 bucks. The 1gig Duron Morgan are 39.99 for one, so that's a very cheap processor.

 

[donny_paycheck]

The Gigabyte GA-7DPXDW has received better reviews and is only $10 more. The Epox EM-762 is coming out in a week also, although it will be quite a bit more expensive.

 

[eobard]

Here's a semi-related question I ask just out of curiosity:

Would a system run with one 1gig Morgan and one 1gig Spitfire in a dual setup?

 

[diehrd]

Here's a semi-related question I ask just out of curiosity:

Would a system run with one 1gig Morgan and one 1gig Spitfire in a dual setup?

Seems to me ya need to try it and let us KNOW lol

 

[donny_paycheck]

Here's a semi-related question I ask just out of curiosity:

Would a system run with one 1gig Morgan and one 1gig Spitfire in a dual setup?

I'm inclined to say yes. Usually if you combine two dissimilar CPUs of the same type (even core differences) they will work, but at the clock frequency of the slower CPU. If you try it, post your findings because I'm betting that almost all of us don't know. I sure don't.

 

[robertm]

I dont think the spitfire core has the SMP in the core but I might be wrong. I think it has to be morgan cores. Might want to do some more checking.

 

[eobard]

Who wants to volunteer the dual board and Morgan chip for me to test with?

 

[diehrd]

After some thought I know booth in pairs of the same cores work in a dual S2460.

I am betting the 2 different cores will work in a dual board.

I am betting an MP and an Athlon C will work together.

And an XP and a duron of the same speed.

If I had the processors I would test it but i wont give up my board for someone else to try it LMAO....

 

[IFMU]

Well Im not to sure as of yet. However I found a rather large review of 3 different boards. Hell, to be honest, I didnt even know there were that mean y dual AMD's out there!~!

But if anyone else is interested, heres a link to the review.
Lost Circuits
So far, Im looking at the MSI board, doesnt seem to bad overall... But I still have some more researching to do.

IFMU

*EDIT*
Ok I just checked newegg.. the MSI board is the same cost as the Tyan, well close enough at least...

*EDIT* again
Ok well I finally found the Asus board too... Its about the same cost. Havent been able to find the Gigabyte board as of yet.

 

[NTX-Zoner]

I was actually researching dual systems of the AMD and Intel variety, and mixed chips will work, but each will be somewhat less efficient than the slowest one. Another factor to consider is the chipset that is used and how the procs with them. I've heard that the intel chips have a decent performance rate. The serverworks is stable and good performance. Overall, though, the best performance combo I have found a review on (unfortunately that article was lost when I lost my job) was with the AMD dual chipset and the AMD MP. The article actually showed that the MP works better per proc in a pair than alone by a factor of 25%. I wish I had the money to test that

 

[OKCFUNKY]

i thought mpx boards couldnt run dual durons, only board that runs dual durons i know of for sure is tigermp not tigermpx

 

[IFMU]

Well I think Ive decided what Im going to do. I am going to go with the Tyan S2460 motherboard. I have an 800 Duron and am going to try to get another (same stepping if I can) and give it a shot there. Since the Durons area so cheap and I already have one its a decent shot at it. If not then Ill sell off the 2 Durons and get MP's.

Anyone willing to explain how I can tell if its working correctly once I get that all up and going? I mean other than the obvious? How will I be able to tell if SMP is working correctly or whatever?

thanks

IFMU

 

[rugby]

I have the s2460 and had dual 1ghz tbirds on it. I kept getting a bios message on boot saying the cpu's weren't SMP capable and while it would work, any instability would be because of this. I put 2 Duron 1.2ghz cpu's in and no message. My computer also "seems" more stable, but that may be my imagination.

 

[dr0p0ut]

rugby

what kind of instability do u get when putting tbird in tyan board.

the reason i ask because i am trying to complete a dual system
with a 1.4 tbird i have already. the newer mpx board might
not take this chip. my choice seem to be limit to tyan 2460 baord.

if your instablilty is minor, i might be able to live with it.

dr0p0ut

 

[IFMU]

Ok, Yes I have still been looking... granted.... not so much for a Dual Duron, just Dual AMD Period.

Gigabyte now has 2 out...

There is this one ~ GA-7DPXDW Here.

and this one ~ GA-7DPXDW-C here.

I have not yet read about them much.. but plan to soon.

 

[nipster]

if you are gonna spend all that money on the platform, why run a duron, what a waste

 

[IFMU]

if you are gonna spend all that money on the platform, why run a duron, what a waste

Large upfront reason?
I can buy 2 new Durons for under 50 each... bamb... system is up and running. Now whats the cost for a pair of XP's? or MP's? even the lowest? I could buy at least 4 Durons for the price of one.

Now (granted only on Durons) But the system is running. I can now take a little extra time and save up enough to get those MP's that will run at the speeds I want.

Not everyone can fork over 500 just for a couple of CPU's because XP's or MP's are better than Durons.

 

[IFMU]

Ok, another update here. eh...

Well I will be selling my nForce board, the 1.4 T~Bird, and some other stuff within the next couple of days. So I will be getting my duallie soon.. hehehe

Now Im just debating on which version to get.
I would like to be able to have some overclocking capabilities. So by my understanding, that will knock out the Tyan boards. Which I could very barely afford any of the Thunder series even though that is something I would seriouslly love to check out.

Ive been looking at the Asus as well. I havent really had the chance to look into the Gigabyte boards much. Was it Donny? that has one of those up? Hows that running for yea? Any decent OC'ing properties? Any bad quirks? He.. Anything? LoL.

Well..... I should be posting again here within about a weeks time with what Ive ordered.

IFMU

 

[arklab]

Hey, I just got an MP 1200 for about $85 at newegg.

I'm testing it on a new Asus single KT333 board with the Corsair 3000 Cas-2 DDR to see just what it can do. But that's really beside the point.

While it true Duron's are cheeper, it's not by that much.

In fact, I've seen guaranteed 1G and 1.2G pulls on e-bay for about $40 (and theyre already burned in!).

Get a decient chip!