which mobo for dual cpu?

Post by **Guest** » Sat Jun 22, 2002 12:39 pm

please? any idea?

jupiter8 · Post by **jupiter8** » Sat Jun 22, 2002 1:03 pm

This is really not my field of expertise but this one looks really tempting
http://www.supermicro.com/product/mothe ... /P4DCE.htm

it is'nt cheap though but i think it is a real killer.

Anyone else?

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Post by **Guest** » Sat Jun 22, 2002 3:06 pm

thankz but i need something that will work with creamware

remixme · Post by **remixme** » Sat Jun 22, 2002 3:07 pm

Yeah I looked into these motherboards a while back and considered selling them but I haven't had the opportunity to test them in anyway, but if you are in the UK and are looking to get hold of one, contact me, and yes your are right they ain't cheap.

Herr Voigt · Post by **Herr Voigt** » Sun Jun 23, 2002 3:03 pm

Maybe dual cpu and creamware boards don't match very well ...
By using Pulsar Samplers or reverbs, you need a good pci-bus, if you don't want to receive dropouts, scratches or failure messages.
A dual cpu works very aggressive with the pci-bus I think.
Do you really need dual cpu? wouldn't be a P4 2,53 better and cheaper?

at0m · Post by **at0m** » Sun Jun 23, 2002 11:58 pm

I'm running dual P3's on an Acorp 6A815EPD very stable now since SFP 3.1. Check User setups in Tech Forum for more specs.

Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 24, 2002 2:51 pm

i want to build a dual MP2100 system which it will be suitable for future use as a full virtual studio.
thankz people, but P3 won't work for me.
Intel is too expensive.
Ok, does SFP runs ok on XP yet?

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subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Tue Jun 25, 2002 8:14 am

I think the Tyan Tiger MP rev1.03 (dual AMD running AMD760MP chipset) board is really pretty solid. It uses only AMD chipsets and is built by Tyan which makes excellent server boards. I would highly recommend NOT to get the Tyan Thunder dual AMD board as it has too many devices attached to the PCI bus and you WILL experience problems using it with Creamware cards. I wouldn't buy an AMD760MPX system because of the limited PCI slot options, but do your research...

Post by **Guest** » Thu Jun 27, 2002 2:58 pm

You mean Tiger MPx is not as good as the Tiger MP one?

oh and one small question, what is the 64bit pci for?

at0m · Post by **at0m** » Thu Jun 27, 2002 3:33 pm

Here's one from Paul@Creamware:
http://www.planetz.com/forums/viewtopic ... forum=10&1

Post by **garyb** » Thu Jun 27, 2002 7:29 pm

64bit is the bus of the future.

subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Fri Jun 28, 2002 8:15 am

I mean MPX you wont be able to use all the slots with your current gen cards.

It looks like the latest board revision of BOTH the Athlon MP boards - Tiger 760MP and Thunder 760MP - are working without PCI problems now.

In fact it looks like (!!) the latest ASUS A7N266 (nForce chipset) with the latest BIOS fixes at least one of the problems with the PCI bus - this board will need the MasterVerb test run on it again to be sure - if it gets 6 or more masterVerbs then I'd say AMD may be a good move again. Unfortunately I won't have the time or cash to test this for awhile myself.

valis · Post by **valis** » Mon Jul 01, 2002 8:33 am

Incidentally my Supermicro P4dc6+ is running fine still with a single Pulsar 1 & 2x1.8 xeons. Anyone wanna contribute more dsp's so I can find it's limit? =D

jupiter8 · Post by **jupiter8** » Mon Jul 01, 2002 11:46 am

If you live close you can borrow my Pulsar II for a weekend.
I'm really interested as well.
I live in Oslo.

valis · Post by **valis** » Mon Jul 01, 2002 6:56 pm

Goodness i was kidding =]

incidentally I'm in the US (California).

Dolphin · Post by **Dolphin** » Tue Jul 02, 2002 1:13 am

I just ordered an Asus A7N266-C as the german magazine keyboards recommended it as the best board available for pulsar-users today. The guy who tested it with an XP1800 could get 9 masterverbs loaded without pci-problems and could also use (!) all nine. But he had to do an Bios-Upgrade in advance (Bios-No. 1002).

I think that I will receive the parcel tomorrow and can build my new DAW during the weekend. Of course I will let you know about my experiences.

Cheers