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NDC
06-15-2002, 9:29 PM
Anyone know if there is going to be a dual P4 mainboard available soon?
otheos
06-17-2002, 5:16 AM
I doubt intel will allow anyone to make such a mobo. You see all is needed is to take a dual Xeon and repalce the sockets. But it's highly unlikely as intel gets nice margins out of the Xeons.
NDC
06-17-2002, 7:24 AM
More Dual P4 Rumors
Posted by Hooz at 9:55AM EST

According to this thread at Forum de Luxx, the VIA P4X333 reference board has a jumper setting silk-screened on the board that would supposedly enable/disable dual CPU operation... With the P4 processor(s). To add a bit more to the mystery, Kyle over at the [H] had this to add:

A dual Pentium 4 board was seen last week in VIA's offices in Taiwan, so it is certainly something they are working on.
Interesting stuff for sure.

I hope it's true....
BBA
09-21-2002, 10:37 PM
All you need is a dual xeon mb...the P4 cost almost the same as the xeon does, so why bother? It's the dual xeon motherboard that cost so much now...not the processor. Mostly, because a P4 and the Xeon are the same processor...down to the last transistor. The difference is the xeon has a circuit board mated to the cpu that enables hyperthreading. ( All P4's have hyperthreading built in but only the xeon has it enabled. )
Stan
09-22-2002, 6:25 AM
Mmmm yummy... dual P4....
But... are P4 smp enabled??
If Intel does not allow the use of dual P4 I am sure that they will put some kind of protection (like a bridge or sthg like that) on the P4 to make sure they will not work in a dual CPU config...
You will be stuck with P4 Xeon... but $$$$$$
BBA
09-27-2002, 8:16 PM
Nope...theyu will work out of the box...just like the P3 did ( but Intel claimed it did not at first ).
NDC
09-27-2002, 9:43 PM
That's what my next build will be... A Dual P4...
Stan
09-28-2002, 3:46 AM
Excellent... fingers crossed...
Can't wait to build to dual P4.
BBA
09-28-2002, 10:37 AM
I would rather build a dual xeon...since the processors cost almost the same as the P4 does anyway
Stan
09-28-2002, 12:38 PM
Almost the same price??? not really... Here in UK, the xeon cost 40 to 60% more than the P4 (same clock speed).

1.8GHz P4 ==> £105 (excl VAT)
1.8GHz Xeon ==> £164 (excl VAT)

2.4GHz P4 ==> £144 (excl VAT)
2.4GHz Xeon ==> £219 (excl VAT)

Stan
NDC
09-29-2002, 12:13 PM
Yep, that was the way it was in asia too, Stan. The cost of P4 Xeons were double the price of P4's for the same clock speed...
Stan
09-29-2002, 3:36 PM
And also the Xeon chipset is very expensive...
BBA
10-05-2002, 1:09 PM
I don't know...a P4 2.0/512 is US $165, and the 2.0 Xeon is $212. Thats about $47 difference...well worth the difference to me, if only I could find a Xeon motherboard for under $300.
NDC
10-06-2002, 1:45 PM
Nope, I did a search as a matter of fact for Dual Xeon mainboard for under $500 and nothing... Tyan seems to have this new board they will release soon which they say "Dual Xeon solution that's affordable", but I can see why it may be less expensive than most.. This thing only has 3 PCI slots. :rolleyes: This a sever board, not workstation... :(

Tiger i7500 With Intel¢ē E7500 Chipset (http://www.tyan.com/html/pr02_s2722.html)