Dual P3 Motherboard

[barbary]

I am going to build a PC for a mate out of spare parts I have left over.

But I need a motherboard that allows Dual 800Mhz P3, 100Mhz FSB, AGP port (4x pref) , SDRAM.

Anybody have any ideas. I can find many boards that do 2 but not all of these features.

 

[AndyHui]

ASUS CUV4X-D

 

[bigbootydaddy]

abit vp6...nice and rock stable...well at least for me.


NOT to mention, ON BOARD RAID!

 

[ddiccico]

My work system is an asus p2b-d it's very stable. The web page only mentions P2, but I have 500 MHz p3s in mine, and I don't see why any slot a p3 wouldn't work.

 

[bibi]

Try DTK 0081I. It is exactly what you need. I am using it for more than one year.

 

[Noriaki]

<< But I need a motherboard that allows Dual 800Mhz P3, 100Mhz FSB, AGP port (4x pref) , SDRAM >>

Unless you must have 133Mhz FSB there is no reason to look to any chipset but the i440BX. It outperforms the Via Apollo Pro 133A (with Via @ 133), and if you crank the BX to 133Mhz itself it trounces the i815E and i820E...and probably the i840...it's not AGP4x I know...but that doesn't seem to matter much...the i440BX @ 100Mhz with AGP2x can still pound the Apollo Pro 133A @ 133Mhz with AGP4x. Besides....AGP4x isn't used much anyways....(I mean all new cards support it..but it's not needed).

The Tyan Tiger 100 revF is an absolutely excellent board, I was considering dual P3s for a while and this is the board I decided on.

It's Dual Slot1 but a pair of good Asus slockets which is about $45 canadian (~$30US) for the pair fixes that.

Tyan is outstanding in the workstation/server area...not much in the way over overclocking but their stability is the best.

 

[Kwad Guy]

This is a no brainer. Get a Tyan Tiger 100. It is the most stable
dual PIII /100Mhz FSB entry-level board on the market. Based
on the Intel BX- chipset. Don't get anything based on the VIA
chipset--that chipset is less stable and slower.

There really is no other choice in my opinion given your specs.
THIS is the board.

The Tyan Tiger 100 uses standard SDRAM (4 slots) and supports AGP
(2X, I believe, but you're not likely to see the difference).

Make sure you get the Tyan Tiger 100, Revision F board (newer
version). This revision supports PIII processors up though at
least 850Mhz...

Kwad

 

[seewhy]

Another big thumbs up for Tiger 100 Rev. F....now if only someone can tell me wheather 1G/900Mhz @100 FSB chips work on this board or not!!!

 

[Tweakin]

I have been using Tyan Tiger 100's for several years. Strap on a set of P III's, throw in 4 128Mg Muskin Rev2 sticks and set the bios for 133fsb. The board is great. It has to be Rev F or forget anything above a 450 PIII.

 

[Kwad Guy]

A word of caution about setting the FSB to 133Mhz: The
Tiger 100's weakness is that it doesn't have a proper 1/4
PCI divider. So if you set the FSB to 133Mhz, you will effectively
be overclocking the PCI bus. Some PCI cards can take this,
some cannot. Biggest problems arise from things like SCSI cards.
Sound cards, modems and ethernet cards tend to play better
overclocked...

Bottom line: You may be able to run 133Mhz FSB without problem,
or you may not. Mileage will vary depending on the exact hardware
configuration on your motherboard.

Kwad

 

[rlism]

p2b-d runs 133 fsb with 1/4 PCI divider, only dual bx to do it i think

but at 133 you've got other options

edit:
oh, btw, 800's work in this mobo. website is wrong.

 

[Rellik]

There once were 1ghz 100FSB Slot 1 chips, but they were never intended
to be produced in large quantities. So anything above 850 is 133fsb(EB). Considering your options, deceide if you want 100FSB or 133. For the Intel based SMP solutions it is VITAL that one has memory bandwidth as they SHARE the bus. So here it is really important. Take
a look at Anand´s preview of the Iwill board. It has DDR FSB 266 for dual p3´s and it offers up to 30%!!! harddrive/memory performance boost compared to a dual 133 VIA.

My personal experience with SMP (BP6, dual Celeron500) has taught me 2 things: SMP is worth EVERY penny if you know how to use it right and it is really good that the future brings Buswidth enhancements like dual Palominos on a 266FSB EACH. (EV-6 architecture is slightly different from GTl+ protokol from Intel)

Options: If u want to use 100FSB Slot 1 chips, get a dual Slot 1 board from Tyan. The are cheap and stable.

If you can still choose, there is a 815E chipset based solution coming up in a couple of months. It is RAM limited(512MB max) but if this is a workstation/lowlevel server this should be enough. It would offer
133FSB, 4XAGP, UDMA 100(very important for server setups) and stability. (plus no need for Via drivers..)

Other options are to get a via solution like the VP6 right now and put 2 1ghZ P3´s in it. The reviews state that the Apollo133Dual chipset is stable if one applies the drivers. And there is really no
alternative with these kind of features(1.5gb RAM!)

 

[Tweakin]

In response to Kwad Guy's remark about the PCI bus, the Tiger does utilize the 1/4 fsb bus spec at a fsb of 133. I can attest to this as I ran the board at this fsb with a Matrox G200 in slot 1 as the secondary video card, and this specific video card will throw temper tantrums at speeds over 36. If I set the bus to 112, I would end up with some corrupted video, but bump it up to 133 and it was happy again. The problem is that the AGP will be running way out of spec at 97+mhz...which is common for all bx chipsets.

 

[seewhy]

No, Tiger 100 Rev. F DOES NOT have 1/4 PCI divider. This has been a hotly debated topic over at www.2cpu.com forum a while back, anyone interested can go over and take a look.

That being said, you can still get lucky and get your PCI devices running out of spec.