Muscle-Flexing: 6 Dual CPU Boards

$110 And Up - Dual-CPU Boards At Cut-Rate Prices, Continued

It's impossible to find cheaper alternatives these days, even considering that Intel is selling fewer and fewer Pentium III processors in the retail market. A few days ago, AMD launched its 760MP chipset, which, however, is set to reach an entirely different market segment. Despite the fact that the idea of using two or more processors simultaneously was developed for the server segment, chipset manufacturers have tried over and over again to offer special solutions for enthusiasts in the end-customer market. All six boards are based on the relatively out-dated VIA Apollo Pro133A.

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Specifications of Chipsets with dual processor support
ManufacturerVIAAMDIntel
CPU-PlatformSockel 370Sockel 462Sockel 370
Supported CPUsIntel Pentium IIIAMD AthlonIntel Pentium III
ChipsetApollo Pro 133A760 MP815E
Chipset NorthbridgeVIA VT82C694XDPAMD 762Intel 82815
Chipset SouthbridgeVIA VT82C686BAMD 766Intel 82801BA
integrated Graphicsnonoyes
FSB Settings66/100/133 MHz100/133 MHz66/100/133 MHz
Memory Settings66/100/133 MHz100/133 MHz66/100/133 MHz
Asynchronous Memory Clockyesnoyes
max. no. of Memory-Slots443
max. Memory1.5 GB4 GB512 MB
ECC-Supportyesyesno
PC-100 SDRAMyesnoyes
PC-133 SDRAMyesnoyes
VCM-133 SDRAMyesnono
PC-266 DDR-SDRAMnoyesno
PC-800 RDRAMnonono
PC-800 Dual-RDRAMnonono
U-DMA/66/100yes/yesyes/yesyes/yes
USB-Connectors444
IRQs for PCI556
AGP 1x / 2x / 4xyes / yes / yesyes / yes / yesyes / yes / yes
ACPI-Featuresyesyesyes
Save to Disk (S1)yesyesyes
Save to RAM (S3)yesyesyes

Comparison of different chipsets and platforms aimed to operate with dual-CPU systems.