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It would be really cool if there was a way to use an AMD Athlon MP 1900+ CPU with an Intel Pentium 4 Xeon CPU in a Dual CPU configuration.
I suppose it would take building some kind of adapter chip to allow communication between the different types of CPU's, and a new Motherboard chipset (North and
South Bridge chips) to handle the load.
We are really close to having the Technology, We have DDR 2700 chipsets for both P4's and Athlons, and GeForce3 works with both. the only problem i see is the cost of hiring an electrical engineer......If only SIS or VIA were interested....
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Zzzzzzzzzz. Get an ego.
Good idea btw..... |
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No! It would be a misbegotten creature, against all the laws of man and nature! |
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You could put sheets of ice in the floppy drive you know. |
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but why? what massive advantage would it be to have a dual CPU configuration? would any minor benefit be anywhere near worth the cost? |
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From the title I was expecting some ideas about computers using some new type of water-based fiber transistors that wouldn't heat up. |
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The only reason I built a dual PIII 1Gb processor machine with 1.5 Gb of RAM was to cope with the requirements put upon the boxes we use by the graphics we produce. 1,800 plotted points in CorelDraw 9 chews up a lot of capability. Why you'd want to mate a Xeon processor to an Athlon is beyond me. Just go dual Xeon... if your pockets are deep enough. |
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Then again, I doubt {OS] has a real use for a dual Xeon box. I know I didn't when I priced one and it came in at AUD$48,000. |
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Is there a particular advantage to having Athlon instead of Pentium? |
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Yes. The technical explination as follows: Intel=Suck and AMD=Good |
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Rods Tiger, I was not aware of that fact, and after checking, my t-bird apperars to have come with thermal protection (not that I'm complaining). In any event, the scene you describe would be very amusing to watch (though I'm not too sure I would pay $200+ to see it...) |
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How often does a heatsink fall off, though? I've -never- had it happen. |
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The movies are indeed amusing...Almost 700F when the first AMD goes up...Whee! |
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Amusing video, yet I can't help but suspect a rigging. In the video, there is a significant diference in how far away the thermometer sensor is in the Intel tests and the AMD tests, and the hardware on the boards is undoubtedly different (why would anyone remove a heatsink in the middle of an application anyhow?). |
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So, answering my own question I dareingly (or stupidly) decided to remove my heat sink/cooling fan, and when I did, the computer did what it did with the P4 in the video (it slowed but didn't stop). Mayhap this is due to the fact that I have better hardware than those PC's in the video, and mayhap I'm just lucky. |
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In any event I have indeed had a P3 in the past, and when I added a slave drive it went <poof> before the computer finished booting. |
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What the heck...for what? No. |
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This is possible. one word. Beowulf/OpenMosix/Mosix. Maybe 3 words... |
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