Ok you all have convinced me that I want a dually system. Now for the question. What is the cheapest best board to get? I am currently running a 1.4 T-bird and will get another for the dually. What board should I get and do I need registered ram? One more ?. Will Windows NT suport dual procs?
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Count me in on this as well. I want a dual machine. I will also be using Athlons.
I have these questions as well.
I have these questions as well.
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I am keeping an eye on this one too. But, I am thinking about a dual Duron rig. (cost effective right now
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Hello?
Advice?
I am looking at dual t-birds. Tyan seems the only option...
I would run Win XP, and I know that works with dualies, but I want to know about ram, and whether I can fun dual t-birds without probs...
tia
Advice?
I am looking at dual t-birds. Tyan seems the only option...
I would run Win XP, and I know that works with dualies, but I want to know about ram, and whether I can fun dual t-birds without probs...
tia
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heh...i think we're all on the edge of our seats here, so to speak.
I wanna run a dual duron board too, only because pentium procs are so darn expensive!.........does the tyan board run dual duron's or do i need to look for the new asus?
I wanna run a dual duron board too, only because pentium procs are so darn expensive!.........does the tyan board run dual duron's or do i need to look for the new asus?
to run t birds or spitfires you have to use a 760mp chipset the only two made is the tyan 2460 & 2466. the xp's and morgans run fine in the newer 760mpx boards. as far as type and brand of memory use whatever brand manufature recommends. personally I would use xp's or morgans for stability reasons. If you check newegg sometimes they have refribushed 2460's for $120 something but they go fast.
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NT and 2K will support duallies. As XP is built on the same basic engine, I am guessing it does too, but I am not certain. Forget 98SE.
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Win XP profesional does Home does not.
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With the popularity of the new dual AMD platform, I'm sure that there'll be plenty of reading to keep you busy in the near future.
I have replied to several threads here and elsewhere, although I don't profess to be an expert, maybe somebody can bennefit from my experience.
Keep an eye out for threads from Dihard, Jon, SteenkyBastage and TC to name a few of the more knowledgable members in this regard.
You may also want to read this thread for some good information and a comparison of a couple of the currently hot boards;
AMD DUAL MOTHERBOARD SHOOTOUT
A little research will also uncover a new issue that has come to light in the last month or so. It seems that AMD has found a way to disable SMP on the XP CPU's by cutting an additional L5 bridge. There are several threads that deal with this as well as the fix necessary to restore SMP capability.
One other note worth metntioning is that the Tyan MP 2460 can be used with a standard ATX power supply, the only requirement is that there be 30A on the +5v line, whereas most of the other motherboards require a specific power supply for dual AMD motherboards.
A reply as I posted to an earlier thread;
I found the least expensive way for me to get into a new dual system was to take advantage of the "refurbished" section over at NewEgg. Keep an eye in there for the Tyan MP S2460. I picked one up for $129, combined with existing parts I had, I only needed an additional XP1600, and I went with 256MBs PC2100 Registered ECC RAM from Crucial (this ECC RAM may not be needed, from what I've read). I had to lay out about $350 and still had enough parts laying around to keep all of my exixting farm members crunching away.
Keep in mind that you can get good performance from the 1G and above Morgan's starting at about $40 each for the 1G. Although going this route may limit your FSB because of the defaut 100MHz FSB combined with a high multiplier and no multiplier adjustments available on this motherboard. This could limit your potential memory bandwidth.
Although limited as far as overclocking features on this board, you can get a pretty good boost from "CPUFSB" by increasing the FSB to 150MHz, this alone cut my SETI times from the high four to low five hour range per WU, to the low four to upper three hour range. This equals at least a 20% improvement.
My .02
Good Luck!
I have replied to several threads here and elsewhere, although I don't profess to be an expert, maybe somebody can bennefit from my experience.
Keep an eye out for threads from Dihard, Jon, SteenkyBastage and TC to name a few of the more knowledgable members in this regard.
You may also want to read this thread for some good information and a comparison of a couple of the currently hot boards;
AMD DUAL MOTHERBOARD SHOOTOUT
A little research will also uncover a new issue that has come to light in the last month or so. It seems that AMD has found a way to disable SMP on the XP CPU's by cutting an additional L5 bridge. There are several threads that deal with this as well as the fix necessary to restore SMP capability.
One other note worth metntioning is that the Tyan MP 2460 can be used with a standard ATX power supply, the only requirement is that there be 30A on the +5v line, whereas most of the other motherboards require a specific power supply for dual AMD motherboards.
A reply as I posted to an earlier thread;
I found the least expensive way for me to get into a new dual system was to take advantage of the "refurbished" section over at NewEgg. Keep an eye in there for the Tyan MP S2460. I picked one up for $129, combined with existing parts I had, I only needed an additional XP1600, and I went with 256MBs PC2100 Registered ECC RAM from Crucial (this ECC RAM may not be needed, from what I've read). I had to lay out about $350 and still had enough parts laying around to keep all of my exixting farm members crunching away.
Keep in mind that you can get good performance from the 1G and above Morgan's starting at about $40 each for the 1G. Although going this route may limit your FSB because of the defaut 100MHz FSB combined with a high multiplier and no multiplier adjustments available on this motherboard. This could limit your potential memory bandwidth.
Although limited as far as overclocking features on this board, you can get a pretty good boost from "CPUFSB" by increasing the FSB to 150MHz, this alone cut my SETI times from the high four to low five hour range per WU, to the low four to upper three hour range. This equals at least a 20% improvement.
My .02
Good Luck!
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got to watch out. I have heard of some retailer trying to pawn duron spitfire 1.0 for duron morgan 1.0 seems like if a board wasn't overclockable the morgans would be easier to overclock if it could handle the higher fsb at it's present multiplier.
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