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jflongo   08-22-2002 at 11:08:02 PM

Can regular Intel chips run in a dual board or do you have to buy Xeon?

I know AMD sells Regular and Dual capable, i'm very familiar with AMD, but not with Intel. So just wondering if Xeon was their only dual capable chips. If so, I may just stick with AMD, due to price.

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buddry   08-22-2002 at 11:53:46 PM
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The only P4 mobos that are dual capable are for xeons

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function9   08-23-2002 at 03:26:57 AM
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wouldn't a p4 board for xeons be called a xeon mobo?

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buddry   08-27-2002 at 05:50:54 PM
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no, cuz there are p3/2 xeons

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Crashman   08-27-2002 at 06:56:50 PM
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Right, the only difference between the P4 and P4 Xeon core is that they disabled dual processor capabilities in the standard P4 so they could charge more for the XEON. I think they changed the pin grid slightly so they wouldn't be interchangable on single boards either.

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Dark_Archonis   08-27-2002 at 09:11:03 PM
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Ya, but the Gallatin Xeon (due out in Q1 2003) will finally have a large cache (over 1MB), so that'll be the first REAL Northwood Xeon.

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Crashman   08-27-2002 at 09:41:17 PM
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Hmm, can I get those Gallatins in Strawberry Kiwi and Sparkling Grape?

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Dark_Archonis   08-27-2002 at 09:49:48 PM
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Hehe, I'm guessing you're going to want "Nocona" too, it's the Prescott Xeon. I hear it comes in metallic pink :wink: .

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Kzzrn   08-27-2002 at 10:06:17 PM
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"Can regular Intel chips run in a dual board or do you have to buy Xeon?"

Regular P4's are uniprocessor ONLY. Xeon's are the only multi processor capable CPU's that are based on the P4's architecture.
Before, with the P2's and P3's, you could have a maximum of 2 processor's in the system (if you wanted more, you had to go with the Xeon). But that changed with the P4. Intel is now doing the same thing AMD has been doing with the Athlons.




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Crashman   08-28-2002 at 02:55:23 AM
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I don't know about exotic drinks, but their always room for Gallatin.

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