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twertman68
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i read a article at hardware-one.com back on dec 2 that said the chipset used for dual processors (SMP) Athlon socket A was push back to mid Q1 2001.there keeping a tight lid on everything but you should see some information in a month or two.
I recently built a new workstation using a Tyan "Thunder" 2462ung dual Athlon-MP motherboard. It uses 2 1.8g Athlon MP(Palomino)processors, the AMD760MP chipset, requires REGISTERED/ECC DDR ram, and can be rather finnicky about which brands to use (follow Tyans' recommended list.) So far I haven't had a bit of trouble out of it running Adobe Premier (DV editing) or Autocad 2002, even at the same time!
And as for price (CitrixEngineer,) you are right, the cost is rather prohibitive, but much less than comperable P4 based setups. However I was in need of a very stable, powerful workstation platform that would fit within my budget. I'll post an update after I have used it a while , and have a chance to see if it really does perform as well as Tyan claims. >
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And as for price (CitrixEngineer,) you are right, the cost is rather prohibitive, but much less than comperable P4 based setups. However I was in need of a very stable, powerful workstation platform that would fit within my budget. I'll post an update after I have used it a while , and have a chance to see if it really does perform as well as Tyan claims. >
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