Dual Processor Motherboards

[mviltan]

I want to buy one and use an AMD processor. Can you get dual motherboard's for the AMD Athlon XP chip? If so which is the best motherboard?

Thanks

Mark

 

[jrbarnett]

For dual AMD processors, you need to use the Athlon MP range, which supports up to 2 processors.

You must of course use an operating system that supports dual CPU operation on it to benefit from the second CPU: NT 4, Win2000, XP Pro or Linux.

John

 

[mviltan]

ok cheers, any suggestions on which motherboard i should get? I'm looking for something within the £200 ($300) price range, but needs to be a decent one!

thanks,

mark

 

[jrbarnett]

Mark

After a quick search, I have only found one: the MSI SoA AMD 760MPX ATX A L, and the only place so far I have found it on sale is Dabs.com (go there and enter quicklinks code 2MYJWS) price £131+vat approx.
Not sure how it compares up to its competitors (there must be others out there surely) and against how good it is. I would also check out hardware review sites such as tomshardare.com to see what they say about it and its facilities etc.

John

 

[mviltan]

thanks for your help

 

[Zych]

Get a Tyan motherboard. They seem to be the best in this area. In fact most pre-made servers based on the AMD MP processors use their boards.

I have a client that has two of these systems now and they run great.

- Zych

 

[craigey]

Here's a c ouple of boards to read up on.

Asus A7M266-D
Epox M762A Dual Socket-A Mobo
Gigabyte 7DPXDW+
MSI K7D Master Dual AMD Athlon Mobo
Tyan S2462NG
Tyan S2462UNG
Tyan Tiger MP
Tyan Tiger MP-X Dual S2440N-4M

Prices range from £153 - £371!

see

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/motherb.htm