Dual Durons :)

[xtreme2k]

http://www.tech-report.com/onearticle.x/2328
An AMD representative referred to "dual Durons" tonight at the AMD Tech Team dinner, which appears to be the first official mention of such a possibility. The AMD tech referred to "Durons in 2P systems" being "sleepers," and mentioned that such a config was "a screamer." This opens up a whole world of possibilities that were only theoretical before, but leaves one big question: Was he referring to the current "Spitfire" Durons, or the upcoming "Morgan" ones??

 

[gar598]

nice but I wonder about the cost

 

[rlism]

dual durons would be sweet, the cpu's cheap too

question is... will they come out with a cheaper version of these dual amd mobo's to match?

 

[GrInNer]

why no talk of dual tbirds? can someone educate me?

 

[xtreme2k]

If Durons can be dual, Tbird will be in dual for sure.

 

[rlism]

dual amd mobos prices are a bit steep... if I were gonna spend that much on a dual AMD mobo, i'd go all the way and get t-birds though.

there are plenty of threads on dual tbirds.

 

[TravisBickle]

how about using your old duron with a new Tbird though? that would be nice

 

[xtreme2k]

I dont think so

 

[ChicagoMaroon]

Hope the dual AMD boards come out soon... I can't think of a reason to upgrade until then and my fingers are getting itchy.

 

[DoOLiE11]

cant wait till those new boerds come out!

 

[Rand]

There was an article at aceshardware awwhile back in which AMD confirmed that Durons will be dual processor capable.

 

[jimmycav78]

Brings me back to the good old days when I bought my first BP6 and threw in a couple of Celeron 400's and immediately oc'd 'em to 500Mhz. Ahhhhhh...those were easier times.


Jim

 

[joohang]

Hmm... Makes me rethink about my upcoming dual P3 setup.

 

[xtreme2k]

Looking at Single Durons kicking Single P3 at MPEG4 encoding and insane FPU performance. It is really a good buy if the motherboard is at an acceptable price.

 

[TravisBickle]

Looking at Single Athlons kicking Single P4 anything but MPEG4 and insane FPU performance. It is really a good buy if the motherboard is at an acceptable price.

 

[A2KLAU]

Well just to inform you guys, casue a little birdy told me, that the Duel AMD Mobos will NOT come cheap at all... They will be priced around the $800-$900 region... I am not going to name who told me this info but it is a pretty reliable souce of info.

I hope this will help you guys reconsider the prospect of a Duel AMD Socket...

Albert.

P.S I am not pro Intel at all... I was wanting to get a Duelly AMD too, but whent he peson told me how much they were going to be about, I fell abck and said i would rather go for the single.

 

[Moohooya]

I've been waiting years for a dual AMD board. Looks like finally it might happen.

$150 for a pair of tbirds.
$150 for a mobo
$100 for 256MB

Thats only $400 for a truly kick ass machine. And in a few months (however long it takes the boards to arrive), can you imagine what you could get for $75? A 1G tbird might not be too much more than that.

Moohoo

 

[joohang]

IIRC, ABIT is also working on a cheaper dual socket-A board. Remember that the the Tyan board comes with onboard SCSI, LAN and other goodies. Maybe we could get an ATA100 version for somewhere around $500 initially and dropping down to $300~$400 after a few months.

If it comes down to $300-range, it doesn't sound too bad to me. (Obviously, I'm just dreaming at the moment, but it could happen one day. )

And if only server-end Palominos are SMP-enabled, I expect those chips to cost quite a bit also.

 

[Daniel]

A2kLAU, that is pretty common info at this point, that board that is coming out though is a major server board with all scsi, it might be a bit before consumer level boards come out but you can bet they won't run anywhere near that cost.

 

[A2KLAU]

Few... Glad its not THAT high... But I guess they will start off pretty high when they first come out right?! And the price I said was the Server level one... And not teh consumer home PC user right?!

Albert.