New AGP Dual Opteron Board (Overkill.. I LIKE it!)

[Belwarrior]

I hope AMD will stick to just two socket formats... one for servers and one for mainstream. I went from amd duron-650MHz to duron-1200MHz(got this in exchange for some old stuff) to currently 2400XP on the same Asus A7V board, due to the chips all being socket462.
If they could only engineer the 939pin cpu to be able to be used on the 940 socket board and work with motherboard manufaturers to differentiate the cpus installed (940 to work with registered and 939 with unregistered ram modules)
prolly wont happen but i can dream about it.. as logically it can be done.

USB 2.0 is not a top requirement, I can live with USB 1.x as i am using it now with my usb 2.0 capable digicam and scanner, just want to futureproof (if anything is futureproof at all ;p)

[Fluff]

Tiger K8W (S2875) - [ coming soon ]
- Performance Workstation platform in ATX! This cost-saving solution will give you flexibility in chassis and power supply, while offering the best features for the demanding workstation.

- ATX form factor
- 8X/4X AGP support
- Serial ATA with RAID 0, 1 or 10 support
- Gigabit Ethernet
- 6-channel audio
- FireWire support

[Fluff]

Here is a ickle pic from the tyan news letter.. I want one of these, (i.e. it will fit in a normal case!)

[Gurm]

Yeah, being realistic the Tiger version would be substantially better. I wouldn't have to go buy a bunch of PCI-X cards, and it'd fit in a mid-tower.

- Gurm

[Fluff]

I agree, plus it has USB 2.0 support. It is alot of money for the CPU's.

Wonder if i'll just keep saving for a Nvidia / Via implementation with Pci Express, seeing as the (939 pin is round the corner). Non registered memory support too.

Or just spend the money on a pair of Dynaudio Audience 52 speakers , which wont go out of date.

[J1NG]

£220 a lot for the low end Duallie Opteron (240)? That Tyan Tiger K8W is gonna cost you something like £200 anyway. (£600 odd for processors and mobo)

Personally, if you really want those PCI Express boards, wait. If you're developing anything, just buy the cheaper single processor boards now.

And from what I've read, the 939 will not officialy support SMP'ing. The non-registered RAM yeah, but you can't fit two into a duallie rig. You'll be stuck with the 940 for that. (Supposedly that means Opterons remain 940 for quite some time). So if you want to dual, quad or even go eight way, you're (very likely) stuck with the 940, so I wouldn't wait months for a 939 duallie PCI Express board as it's unlikely to happen.

J1NG

[Wombat]

Careful guys. PCI-X is not at all PCI-Express.