Dual Procs.. AMD or Intel

[ParasiticFly]

Ok, since you seem to know a hell of a lot about processors, what do you suggest?

AMD Thunderbird or Pentium 4?
Is there such a thing as a Dual AMD board?
If there is, would you suggest dual Tunderbird or Dual Pentium 4.

Anyone else that posts here please, please give me a valid reason why. Don't just say "Cause (AMD/Intel) sucks!!!11111" (yeah I'm guilty of that myself, no need to point it out).

Also, what Motherboard is the best for both processors?

 

[ParasiticFly]

All I need is some prices for them..
Anyone?

 

[han888]

i dont know there are any dual p4 board release yet, if u really do editing, i will say dual p3 would be good choice for u, dual amd? still expensive and also the amd just start smp this month, we dont know about the stability yet.

 

[KpocAlypse]

Duel p3 would be the cheapest, but if you want a wait a few, duel AMD's would be one powerful setup, abit a tab bit more costly. As far as i know, there is no real plans for a smp p4(regular), just plans for the smp p4(zeon), and those zeon chips are a tad bit pricy.

Heck i think the newer .13 p3 can be put into a SMP config as well, but it might be to pricey to be a good alternative(guess on my part).

I not really going to go into mobos, cuz i don't have one, and don't have much experence with any except for the Tyan Tiger(which is a great board btw), but those tyans are tough to get.

 

[Remnant2]

If you're seriously looking at a dual system, check Anandtech again in 1 day, when the Athlon 760MP (Dual processor) review goes up. From leaks I've heard, its kicks the competition around pretty hardily.

The P4 Xeon (server version) has arrived in a dual-processor version, but its' not on the market yet, at least for folks like us.

If you must have duals, (or must have em cheap), your best choice is a P3 system. But with such good stuff coming out in the next few months, I'd advice against that.