Re: Dual Athlon XP 1800+ on Tyan Thunder K7 or Tiger MP anyone?

John J Tobin
2001-10-11T21:25:28Z

On Thu, 2001-10-11 at 14:14, bill davidsen wrote:
> In article <1002667385.1673.129.camel@phantasy> rml@tech9.net wrote:
>
> >Completely Agreed. I am thinking of getting a dual AMD system for doing
> >more kernel work (tackle AMD and SMP). My main machine is a P3 now.
>
> The issue right now may be RAM cost. I just bought 512MB PC133 for
> $140/GB, while "registered PC2100" memory is about $900 from the same
> source. I think that's what the Tiger wants, isn't it?
>
> --
> bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>

The Tyan Tiger and Thunder both take Registered DDR DIMMs. Though
anandtech got it running using only one pair of unregistered, other
combinations of unregistered failed to boot. There are also no SMP
athlon chipsets that use PC133.

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John Tobin
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