SMP with more than two cpu's?

julianf

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who knows where to find this MOBO? for linux, i just found out my audio hardware is supported by linux! I feel like beating apple in this buisness....
 

AndyHui

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Expensive...

If you are going x86, you would have to go for the XEONs....the real XEONs with more than 256KB of L2 cache are capable of greater than 2 way multi-processing. Very expensive.
 

AndyHui

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As far as exact models go, I have no idea actually. I assume that Intel should make some, as would big OEMs that sell those types of systems, ie IBM, Compaq, Dell...
 

tontod

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What do you need to do that requires more than 2 cpu's? Its going to be very expensive. I found one, check out this site: quad xeon mobo . Its $599. Not sure about the quality of the mobo though.
 

AmazonRasta

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LOL those motherboards are crazy.

Sh!t, I'd love to have one, but those are way to expensive for my blood.
 

julianf

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i found out, 2 or 4 or 8 xeon from 700mhz to 1.7ghz up to 2gb rdram, 400mhz fsb, intel 860 chipset- just needed to find out how it was possible... it is, it's not that exspensive, like a 400mhz in '97...
it's just the latency that bugs me... i need to be stable at 1,5ms, dual 550mhz is not even stable at 26ms. (talking about recording realtime, from you say something in the mike, till the sound comes back out with effects and other stuff...)
 

julianf

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my internet server at home is a ibm PC300, dual P90 :D

my current machine is a dual 550mhz, just to danm slow! Nuendo won't work right on a single cpu system...
 

Woodie

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If you want this kind of high-end, go to the big boys, and buy the whole &quot;workstation. Often comes with video, SCSI, network, and case. Everything after that is optional (custom specced):
1-4 (or up to 8) CPUS
Memory
RAID controller(s)
Disks

Compaq, IBM, HP would be my recommendations for the Intel platform. If you're looking for *nix, it would be: Sun, Compaq, IBM, HP.

How much are you willing to spend? What is reliability worth? Do you have parts that you want to build into this?

--Woodie