is there motherboard for TWO pentium D processors?

[deejay.2001]

hi
is there any motherboard for two pentium D processors?
thanks for help

[Cobra]

I had a look but nothing came up. I think dual-CPU boards have been pretty much abandoned for the desktop market in favour of the more compact dual-core CPUs. There is an interesting test here that shows the differences between dual-CPU systems and those running a single dual-core CPU.

http://www.pugetsystems.com/articles.php?id=23

[jagabo]

I'm pretty sure you have to use Xeon CPUs if you want two dual core processors.

I wouldn't buy any processors until the July price cuts (when Core 2 Duo becomes available). Prices are dropping by as much as 60 percent. Check out the tables at this web site:

http://www.hkepc.com/bbs/news.php?tid=604489

[rallynavvie]

Far from it. The new thing now is to build a system with two dual core Xeons or Opterons for the processing power of a quad-processor system of old. Pricing isn't very far off from building a single core SMP system either. I was going to build a dual Italy machine based on the same Tyan board they used in that article. But I don't particularly believe the results from that article. The Opterons should have shown a larger increase in memory performance because it's not only an SMP version of the nForce chipset it's a dual-SMP version of that chipset. It can address loads of memory at a time, so perhaps it would run away on performance when using more memory. And for the Intel portion I don't think you can compare benchmarks on unlike chipsets like that. Besides, if those Xeons are Noconas than it's like comparing a Prescott to a Northwood chip.

There have been a few articles out there regarding the dual-core versus the SMP setup but they're mostly trying to tie up scores like that for marketing. However they are correct in that the computing power per dollar spent is far better with a dual-core setup. For all the learning needed on SMP go visit www.2cpu.com

As for dual Pentium Ds you're actually looking at the new dual-core Xeons with the 65nm process. In fact they are pretty obscenely quick with 1066 FSB architecture similar to the P4 EEs. And they're priced right, a quick check of the 3.2 Dempsey comes up at $340 at NewEgg. Considering I paid almost double that for each of my 3.06s a couple years ago and half again that for my 3.2 Noconas that's a great deal. Motherboards are still the pricey part.

[jagabo]

AMD CPU prices to drop on July 24?

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2800

For example:

Athlon 64 X2 3800+ now303, July24169 (maybe even less)

[budz]

AMD CPU prices to drop on July 24?

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2800

For example:

Athlon 64 X2 3800+ now303, July24169 (maybe even less)

That's old news the story broke out last week.

[jagabo]

AMD CPU prices to drop on July 24?

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2800

For example:

Athlon 64 X2 3800+ now:$303, July24:$169 (maybe even less)

That's old news the story broke out last week. :wink: :)

The only stories I saw last week were about single core A64s:

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32304

[budz]

AMD CPU prices to drop on July 24?

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2800

For example:

Athlon 64 X2 3800+ now303, July24169 (maybe even less)

That's old news the story broke out last week.

The only stories I saw last week were about single core A64s:

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32304

It was in the business section of our local newspaper.

[Cobra]

Isn't that when the new Conroe-based Intel CPUs come out? I'm very tempted by those, as I need a new computer. Maybe AMD are pricing their products more aggressively until they launch their next big thing.