Author: Slater Wold
Date: 08:33:34 10/10/01
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Like I said, I was unsure. AMD says the new XP chips have *special* technology, that cannot be picked up by older BIOS'es. Even most of the single AMD mobo's needed a BIOS flash to use the XP CPU's. Seems like a big chance. The only thing I know, is that a Tyan employee told me once, "any cpu with a square core, will SMP on our boards." The new XP's have square cores. It's a $550 risk. Not sure if I want to take that. But the XP-MP's will probably be $400 a piece! Which is a *tad* much. Slate On October 10, 2001 at 09:08:23, K. Burcham wrote: > >i too am very interested in this. >so far we know that the xp is physically different than the t-bird. >and the xp might not be an mp. >just like the t-bird was not an mp even though some of the non-mp > processors would work in the dual tyan mb. >the higher mhz mp should be released this week or next week. >it seems the new mp will be the same mhz as the new xp. >kinda taking a chance if we order the new xp 1530 mhz at $225 each. >now that would be $550, and maybe they will work and maybe not. >below is a quote from amdmotherboard.com. also two good sites for info. > > >I also can tell from reading the discussions in the AMD Forums that people are >wondering if they can use the Athlon XP processors in any of the current >dual-Athlon motherboards (that would be the Tyan Thunder K7 and the Tyan Tiger >MP boards). The debate has almost the exact same answer as it did before the >release of the Athlon XP – and that is "maybe." Though the XP and MP processors >are probably the exact same processor, AMD refuses to officially support either >the Thunderbird or XP processors in a multiple processor system. > >Anyone who has or wants to use the official MP chips in a dual board won’t have >to wait very much longer for the needed speed increase for the Athlon MP >processors. They will be using a similar packaging and market setup as the XP >and should be available within a week or so. > >http://www.amdmb.com/article-display.php?ArticleID=124 > >http://athlonxp.amd.com/ > >kburcham > > > > > > >On October 10, 2001 at 08:18:55, Slater Wold wrote: > >>On October 10, 2001 at 04:13:43, Jonas Cohonas wrote: >> >>>Is the new XP series from AMD capable of SMP like the Athlon MP? >>>Will it run as a dual system using the Tiger MP? >>> >>>Regards >>>Jonas >> >>From what I understand, NO. >> >> >> >>Slate
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