Dual Opti Mobo's

[Agent11]

TYAN THUNDER K8WE
(sit down before looking at the price tag, OUCH ;p)

ASUS K8N-DL

MSI Master2 FAR

I do not believe the Master2 supports NUMA, I could be wrong however..
The other 2 do, although last I heard the k8n-dl needed a bios update for it to work.

I think more people should go dual opti.. I'm going to try and build a rig to last 5 years.. save me money in the long run I think.
Too bad there arent any crossfire solutions out yet, dual optis with dual x1900xt and NUMA *drool

I did a search on the forums to see if anyone has discussed these motherboards in the past, and didnt find anything.. you know I would have expected more talk about the tyan thunders

 

[Peter]

From its layout, quite obviously the MSI board is not using the RAM controller on the 2nd CPU.

 

[Agent11]

ya thats what I figured, but I hadnt looked at the block diagram and I dont like to sound like I know what I'm talking about just from general observation.

reviews of the master2 are kind of hard to find, and seem to contradict each other but I have read that the bios has good overclocking potential, even pointing out that it comes with a ram cooler.. although they didnt go into detail.

It is an interesting board, not because of what it does right but what it does wrong..like the excessive use of pink .. well, the heatsinks but thats too much for my tastes.
And it can only mount a p4 cooler.. voiding the warranty on the cpu's... very odd board. . good job msi, well I'm glad I wasnt really considering it anyways.

the thunder is a beast, and tyan is second to none. . so I will most likely get it. unless a socket 940 angel with crossfire & numa comes along before I can save up my 2500 $

Has anyone tried SLI on a k8we with the new 7900 nvidias? I have been doing some homework and the thunder seems kind of finicky.