Author: Matt Taylor
Date: 21:49:35 12/16/02
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On December 17, 2002 at 00:26:54, ERIQ wrote: >maybe on asus board or tiger board AMD doesn't support AthlonXP in multiprocessor configurations. Older processors were capable of it. They've talked about locking newer ones to make them incapable of it, because it impedes profit margins. Whether or not AthlonXP 2400 is one of the locked chips or not remains to be seen. AthlonMP 2000 chips are about the same price as AthlonXP 2400 with the guarantee that they will work in SMP. The other AMD-supported option is to buy a single AthlonXP 2400 and upgrade to dual-AthlonMP chips later. They support AthlonXP chips in the 1st socket in single-CPU configurations. I use a dual-AthlonMP at work, and I've had one at home for some months. I would recommend getting the Iwill MPX2. I have a Tyan TigerMPX board at home. It's alright, but others have reported unresolvable electrical issues between it and nVidia cards. Also, though it may not be a problem anymore, you want to get the 4 Mbit Flash ROM version. It has working USB ports. Mine does not. Now is probably a bad time to buy with new AMD products just around the corner. The Barton chips bring 512 KB L2 cache to Athlon, and Opteron promises higher clock speeds, faster execution at the same speed, and other performance potential. -Matt
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