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

David Lang
2001-10-09T22:19:45Z

actually (having had my hands on 1.2GHz t-bird and MP boxes) the MP does
appear to be noticably faster per clock then the t-bird version. the new
XP is supposed to be the same core as the MP (just different marketing) as
I understand things.

David Lang

On 9 Oct 2001, Robert Love
wrote:

> Date: 09 Oct 2001 18:12:26 -0400
> From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
> To: Timur Tabi <ttabi@interactivesi.com>
> Cc: Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
> Subject: Re: Dual Athlon XP 1800+ on Tyan Thunder K7 or Tiger MP anyone?
>
> On Tue, 2001-10-09 at 17:52, Timur Tabi wrote:
> > Dieter Nützel wrote:
> >
> > > Has anybody some numbers, yet?
> >
> > I was under the impression that only the Athlon MP CPUs could be used in SMP
> > systems, and the fastest one is still 1.2GHz.
>
> It seems that any Athlon (even Durons) work fine in SMP configurations.
> (Although I don't recommend this for stability).
>
> Most people using dual Athlons are probably using the higher speed but
> cheaper Athlon parts with no problem.
>
> I have heard conflicting reports of what is actually different about the
> MP vs non-MP parts, with points ranging from "the MP parts are just
> certified" to that MP actually has some different internals. Whatever
> the case, I suppose the difference isn't earth-shattering and mostly
> marketing (ala Intel).
>
> Robert Love
>
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