Author: K. Burcham
Date: 18:24:21 09/29/01
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hey slate
here is iamnotageek.com. pretty good write up on his dual palomino's.
i havent been able to find a benchtest with oc'ed dual 1400 mhz t-birds
with the S2460 board. this guy is using the golden sockets to overclock
his dual 1200 mhz palomino's with this same board.
this guy cranked it back down to 2x1330 mhz for his bechtests.
could not bench at 2x1400.
still interesting.
kburcham
www.iamnotageek.com/cgi-bin/reviews.cgi?name=tigermp&p=2
Overclocking
Tyan seems to be the CPU manufactures best friend cause they surely do not give
away nothing for free.. Nope no voltage control, no ability to adjust the CPU
clock setting nada.. Well, just for the heck of it I went ahead and ordered a
couple of Golden Sockets seen in the pic above.. These device just like the
Golden Finger are used to manipulate the CPU into what ever setting you wish.
Only unlike most all Golden Finger products of the past, golden sockets does not
allow you adjust the core voltage. Which only leaves you with the option of
hacking your CPU. Which I had to do in order to run these 1.2GHzMP's at
anything higher than the default setting.
I've been able to post and load Windows at 1.4GHz, but after about 2 minutes the
system crashed and I have to power off, clear the comos, and reboot. Even after
modding the CPU for a voltage of 1.85 the system still crash. Now these same
CPU's will do 1.4 all day long on my K7-Master, without a hitch and that is
using a 1.80 voltage.. I'm not really sure just who to point the finger to, its
either the GS's or the Tiger its self..
2xAthlonMP 1.2GHz 2xAthlonMP 1.33GHz AthlonMP 1.2GHz
(Number Crunch) 189115 191218 82630
Conclusion
The Tiger MP is one awesome motherboard, just for the fact that it gives you
the capability to launch a dual Socket A solution on the cheap. Plus the fact
that overall it's a solid performer and stable as a rock only adds to the pro's
of this motherboard. It still may pay for you to wait and see what comes from
ASUS, Gigabyte, and MSI
From what I hear the Gigabyte's offering will have the ability to adjust the
cpu clock and voltage so that one should be on the top of your list to look at.
But if you don't care about OC'ing, and just want the power of 2. Then I see no
reason why not to go with the Tiger MP.
Pro's
The Price
The Tiger is one solid performer that is sure to please
Con's
You can not adjust the voltage or CPU clock
Limited BIOS control
Clear CMOS Jumper is placed poorly
Not enough clearance around the PGA462 Ziff sockets
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