MSI 694D PRO questions

[astroview]

I am thinking about buying the MSI 694D PRO, any comments on the board?

Will it run dual 750's that have a 100 mhz fsb? What is the benefit of having two cpus?

 

[LXi]

Its the best SMP board based on VIA chipset right now, its a very solid board all around. Yes it has dual processor support, you can run 2 Pentium3s on it.

 

[networkman]

Anything based on a Win9x kernel(95/98/ME) isn't SMP compliant, meaning that it won't do a thing with the 2nd cpu. WinNT/2000 are SMP compliant and can take advantage of a second CPU. Other OS's are available too.

Many of the folks involved in Distributed Computing have dual motherboards to help cut down on space while maximizing the CPU power available. Although the boards are more expensive, consider that a single computer with two processors means that you won't need 2 of many things, that you would need with 2 seperate single CPU machines, for instance cases/video/nic/floppy etc.. you'd only need one of each in a dual box. Currently, I have 6 such boxes at home.