Author: Jonas Cohonas
Date: 09:40:35 06/15/02
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On June 15, 2002 at 12:04:27, Russell Reagan wrote: >On June 15, 2002 at 09:58:23, Slater Wold wrote: > >>Um, you're quoting XP CPUs. You need MP CPUs. Ask Vince or Jonas what happens >>when you use XPs. >> >>And what Athlon MP mobo is is $80?! > >It was an XP mobo under the dual mobo section. Are you sure you need MP's? What >happens when you use XP's? They probably won´t work, not due to faulty processors but due to the fact that they were never meant to run SMP which they did at first, however when AMD discovered that they worked as SMP, they retracted the XP´s and "phased them out" as they said. Today you should only go for MP´s if looking for a dual AMD comp. >>And that's not REGISTERED memory. ALL Athlon MP mobo's MUST have registered >>memory. > >And as another poster said, I'll need a more expensive power supply, and better >cooling. So apparently there was more here than I had first anticipated (which I >did anticipate). Maybe I'll spend my money on a better single cpu machine and >avoid all of the added costs involved in dual cpu stuff. It seems that there is >quite a bit more than goes into it, not to mention more money. Or maybe I'll get >a laptop, or one of those nifty little palm PC things. > >I suppose the only thing that I'd use a dual cpu computer for is testing out my >program against others, and I could do that with my single CPU machine with >somewhat decent accuracy, and then there is ICC of course. > >The other option is to run a match between two separate computers. Any idea how >that would work? Is there any software to run a match or a game between two >engine's on two different computers? > >Another possibility is to get a dual machine of lower speed, which would still >allow for engine vs. engine matches on the same machine and adding dual cpu >support later on and testing it. > >A lot to consider I guess. Thanks for your help anyway. > >Russell If you get updated on all the details associated with buying the right parts for a dual and go for "more than enough" cooling power and main power supply, then you should be able to get a dual 1600+-1800+ system up and running for about 1100$ (that is if you don´t go for expensive graphic card etc, and without all the bells and whistles.) Regards Jonas
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