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dual processor motherboards
Name: dmented692006 Date: November 7, 2004 at 08:19:50 Pacific OS: windows xp home edition CPU/Ram: intel, 1gb
Comment:
i have recently been looking at computer parts on newegg. com for a custome computer i want to build. i was goin to get a single processor motherboard with a 3.6 GHz intel processor but then i heard about dual processor mother boards. my questions is, if i get a dual processor motherboard can it it run faster than 3.6 GHz and how fast can it go?
Name: jam Date: November 7, 2004 at 08:35:44 Pacific
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Dual CPU boards offer no advantage for "normal" computing...they're generally used for servers or work stations
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Response Number 2
Name: giggles Date: November 7, 2004 at 09:50:39 Pacific
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also, you were probably looking at Pentium 4 processors, there are no dual P4 motherboards you are going to have to go to the Intel Xeon processors which are pricey and not really even necessary
another option would be a dual Pentium3 setup- they still have P3 processors at newegg.com so i imagine you could get the parts needed for a decent price
then there's AMD opteron dual processor setups but that's another server oriented cpu
common sense isn't very common
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Response Number 3
Name: ham30 Date: November 7, 2004 at 10:23:10 Pacific
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You also need software that is written to take advantage of the dual processors. There is VERY little of that around right now.
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Response Number 4
Name: SkipCox Date: November 7, 2004 at 10:26:37 Pacific
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I have a friend in Las Vegas who recently put his dual Xeon rig up against 4 AMD rigs. He was folding for PC Club on all the machines and bottom line was that the dual Xeon rig would cover 3 AMD's but not 4.
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