Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 9 Oct 2001 13:58:50 -0700 (PDT) | From | David Lang <> | Subject | Re: Dual Athlon XP 1800+ on Tyan Thunder K7 or Tiger MP anyone? |
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actually (having had my hands on 1.2GHz t-bird and MP boxes) the MP does appear to be noticably faster per clock then the t-bird version. the new XP is supposed to be the same core as the MP (just different marketing) as I understand things.
David Lang
On 9 Oct 2001, Robert Love wrote:
> Date: 09 Oct 2001 18:12:26 -0400 > From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net> > To: Timur Tabi <ttabi@interactivesi.com> > Cc: Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> > Subject: Re: Dual Athlon XP 1800+ on Tyan Thunder K7 or Tiger MP anyone? > > On Tue, 2001-10-09 at 17:52, Timur Tabi wrote: > > Dieter Nützel wrote: > > > > > Has anybody some numbers, yet? > > > > I was under the impression that only the Athlon MP CPUs could be used in SMP > > systems, and the fastest one is still 1.2GHz. > > It seems that any Athlon (even Durons) work fine in SMP configurations. > (Although I don't recommend this for stability). > > Most people using dual Athlons are probably using the higher speed but > cheaper Athlon parts with no problem. > > I have heard conflicting reports of what is actually different about the > MP vs non-MP parts, with points ranging from "the MP parts are just > certified" to that MP actually has some different internals. Whatever > the case, I suppose the difference isn't earth-shattering and mostly > marketing (ala Intel). > > Robert Love > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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