Quad Opteron Octal Opteron?

Anybody know how many cpu's 2000/xp will recognize and use?

2000 server ?
2003 server ?

7

<b><font color=red> ATI 9600Pro </font color=red></b>
<b><font color=green> AthlonXP-M 2500+ OC'd 3200+ </font color=green></b>
<b><font color=blue> Abit NF7-S </font color=blue></b>
<b><font color=black> 2x256MB Corsair PC3200 </font color=black></b>

It depends... you can get versions for as many CPUs as you want. The more CPUs the more $$$ 'tho.

*Dual PIII-800 @900 i440BX and Tualeron 1.2 @1.7 i815*

No

Win 2K is 2 logical or physical
Win XP is 4 logical 2 physical

Some version of win 2K support more stuff and more CPU RAM.

i need to change useur name.

nope, XP Pro is currently "limited" to 4 logical cpu's. Not that there are any cpu's that prove my point, but its true nevertheless. If/when intel brings out a dual core HT enabled chip, (or who knows, 4 way HT enabled chips) they'll need to renegotiate with MS, or you will be limited to 1 cpu under XP Pro (half a cpu under XP Home :-)

= The views stated herein are my personal views, and not necessarily the views of my wife. =

XP Pro is limited to 2 physical CPU.
Logical could come from other Tech. than HT.(IBM also have a similar technology not yet implemented...)
When you buy your XP cd you can read on the license sticker 1-2 CPU.
Im not sure about Server 2k3 but with server 2k it was 4cpu, advanced server was 8 and datacenter 32...
MS will sell you a license depending on how many cpu u got.

Asus P4P800DX, P4C 2.6ghz@3.25ghz, 2X512 OCZ PC4000 3-3-3-8, Leadtek FX5900 w/ FX5950U bios@500/1000, 2X30gig Raid0