which motherboard has the ability to use both Intel and AMD processors?

[secretanchitman]

My bro said there was one, but I didn't believe him. I also don't feel like looking it up online cause I'm too lasy.

 

[d33pblue]

Ive never heard of one either. To do such a thing you would need two sockets. I call bullsh*t.

 

[secretanchitman]

nm, my bro showed me it. Thanks though.

 

[Quaggoth]

Socket 7??

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: Quaggoth
Socket 7??

Naaa... Socket 5

 

[tenoc]

socket 5 or 7, limiting you to 500mhz max.

 

[tcsenter]

Originally posted by: tenoc
socket 5 or 7, limiting you to 500mhz max.

Super 7 chipsets like the VIA MVP3 will run AMD 'Mobile' K6-II/III+ up to 550MHz. By setting the board multiplier to 2x you can run them at 600MHz and higher (2x is remapped to 6x by these processors). Some people were able to achieve 672MHz with conventional HSF cooling.

 

[pspada]

Must be the Transexual Tranvestite mobo from Translvania! :evil:

 

[tenoc]

Yes, was aware of the 550 K6-3.

Was merely pointing out that the boards that could use processors from a variety of mfgrs are outdated dogs now.

672 versus 500mhz these days? A dog with a slightly longer tail.

 

[tcsenter]

672 versus 500mhz these days? A dog with a slightly longer tail.

You'd be surprised. Someone compared a K6-III+ running at 616MHz (5.5x112) with 256MB SDRAM, 7200RPM HDD, and 1MB L2 Cache to a 1.4GHz Athlon system and there was little difference in Windows app performance: Office apps, business apps, etc.

Of course if you add 3D games in there, the difference becomes huge. But if you're not a gamer, and most PC users are not, then that doesn't matter much, anyway.

 

[tenoc]

The thing is tc, for several years I've used a Windows 2D app as as a relative measure of processor power.

From 8088 to 286 to 486 to P133 to P233 to K6 2-400 to Duron 1000 to..........

The time required for this app to complete its task has been reduced from the better part of a minute to a few milliseconds.

The time needed for my backup-backup unit (K6-2 400) to do this is hughly greater than my 1700+ or 1900+.

A fairly complicated spread-sheet recalc on the 400 lets me go for a sh*t, on the others I can't crack a beer.

The app used is Solitare, and don't tell me only a handful of people use it!

 

[tcsenter]

The time needed for my backup-backup unit (K6-2 400) to do this is hughly greater than my 1700+ or 1900+.

There is a difference between the K6-2 and K6-3 in terms of Windows apps performance, not much of a difference in 3D (floating point). This was improved upon by the K6-2+ or even the K6-3+. The K6-2, quite frankly, was inferior in all respects.

But for goodness sakes, nobody is trying to convince you to go back to a Pentium 133 or whatever. Of course the Super 7 platform is 'antiquated', yet will still adequately meet the needs of many PC users who use their PC the way the vast majority of PCs are utilized...and that's not for gamez yo and crunching statistical models but rather for web surfing, email, quicken, Word, etc. This wasn't really as much about what your needs are.

When attempting to help other people, one must keep in mind that "my needs are not everyone's needs".

 

[robcy]

This brings back the memories. I still have a k6-3/450 running on my wifes puter. Hell, I bought that thing about 5 years ago, and it still rocks. Since my wife is not a big gamer, it runs her MS office, Quicken, and email just as fast as my system. Its been clocked at 616 (112x5.5) since new because the board has no more multipliers. Greatest Socket 7 chip ever, it kept up with my buddies p3 up to 700, and totally blews away a celeron 766 I had.

AMD released the k6-3 500 and quickly withdrew it from market. There are a couple of true k6-3 500 around but they are very rare.