Is it possible for two different CPU on dual motherboard?

[Cheapest]

OK, I have the Intel L440GX+ DUAL CPU Motherboard (AA721242-008). Is it possible to put a PIII 700 and PIII 450 CPU? I cannot find any where mention this?

 

[yak8998]

i can say i am 99% sure the answer is no

 

[Megatomic]

Neither Win2K nor WinXP support asymmetric multiprocessing so I'd guess no at least at the OS level. Most dual PIII boards I've seen and used required the same CPUs, too.

 

[crypt0n1c]

Its worth a try maybe they will both just run at 450MHz but from what I have heard both cpu's need to be identical in a SMP setup.

 

[mechBgon]

440GX is more commonly associated with the PentiumII Xeon and Pentium3 Xeon. Are you positive that this is, in fact, a dual-Slot1 board, and not a dual-Slot2 board?

(and while I think it isn't impossible to run two different-speed CPUs, it would be pretty foolhardy)

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: yak8998
i can say i am 99% sure the answer is no

99.99% sure you cant 😀

 

[Cheapest]

OK, if it can't what about could it be use with the same speed (say PIII 700M) but different types say step 1 and 2? Let question differently, is it all we need is same speed will qualify for the broad? (Can you use Comprimise and Catman CPU with the same 500M?) Any one try?

 

[mechBgon]

Big picture: a dual P3 500 will be trounced by a used $20 1GHz Duron in most situations (gaming, etc). Don't throw too much money down this hole. 😉

And running different CPUs of the same speed is not a great plan. If you have two with the same speed, same core, and no more than one stepping apart, then you're playing by The Rules.

 

[Cheapest]

Isn't some game good for dual 500MB CPU because of the dynamic of multi-thread benifit of the two CPU instead of one 1GB CPU???