Tyan Tiger MP (S2460) and Normal Non-MP CPUs

[webley]

It's supposed to be possible to run normal Thunderbird processors (non-MP) in the new Tyan Tiger MP board. I am just wondering what you lose by doing this. Do you still have SMP capability for example? Are there reasons not to do this? Seems like a less expensive solution than the 1.2 GHz MP processors if you could use two 1.4 GHz Thunderbirds in their place and save $100 by doing so.

 

[jarthel]

Nothing personal but MP stands for Multi-processor. If you use regular TB chips (non-MP), where will you get SMP support? :Q

 

[IsOs]

I've been told that the Athlon Tbird will work without a problem on the Tyan MP board S2462 (original with SCSI). In fact, most of the site that got this board for testing used a pair of 1.2 GHz TBirds.

I haven't seen any writeup about the S2460 - (MP board without the Lan, video & SCSI).

The MP version of Athlon are supposedly running much cooler than the non-MP. Also, the MP version are supposedly built with a thermostat that will prevent the cpu from frying. It's been also claimed that the MP version have some improvements that makes it faster than the Tbird.

 

[RagingGuardian]

All Athlons including the Durons are SMP capable. The MP Athlons are the only ones that are supported though and the 1.2GMP is actually as fast ot faster than the 1.4G when used in an SMP configuration, with some pretty nifty features to boot. I also heard some guy on another board rambling about some cache coherency crap which apparently the Tbirds doesn't have.

Does anybody know if the Tiger MP supports the MP's onboard resisitor.

 

[webley]

<< Does anybody know if the Tiger MP supports the MP's onboard resisitor. >>



You are talking about the thermistor for temp measurement? I haven't seen any reviews talk about that and the descriptions at Tyan's site don't tell about it so I guess they don't support it but I can't say for sure.