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Actually, there's a simpler (and less fun) reason for the alternative suggestions, although I do appreciate the irony of the situation, and it gets even better.
My original post was based on Matrox's advice to stay away from the 860 chipset because they had problems with a Compaq EVO-8000 and other 860-based mobos. For P4 Xeons, that left the E7500 based boards, which don't have AGP. That kind of limits the Intel combo options, unless the problem isn't really with the chipset itself, but just some specific boards based on that chipset.
The funniest part so far, was that one of Intel's desktop support people said that with the high speed of their chips these days, nobody actually needed a dual proc workstation anymore!
I finally reached someone in the server department who said there's an ongoing challenge to convince people in decision-making positions that there really are individuals out there who still don't have enough processing power with just one chip. Now that's irony, although it doesn't really surprise me.
Actually, there's a simpler (and less fun) reason for the alternative suggestions, although I do appreciate the irony of the situation, and it gets even better.
My original post was based on Matrox's advice to stay away from the 860 chipset because they had problems with a Compaq EVO-8000 and other 860-based mobos. For P4 Xeons, that left the E7500 based boards, which don't have AGP. That kind of limits the Intel combo options, unless the problem isn't really with the chipset itself, but just some specific boards based on that chipset.
The funniest part so far, was that one of Intel's desktop support people said that with the high speed of their chips these days, nobody actually needed a dual proc workstation anymore!
I finally reached someone in the server department who said there's an ongoing challenge to convince people in decision-making positions that there really are individuals out there who still don't have enough processing power with just one chip. Now that's irony, although it doesn't really surprise me.
), do you think 4 256MB chips is just a much better value or possibly faster than 2 bigger chips in the pipeline? I was thinking of spending the extra money to keep from filling up all the holes, but that still leaves some room for expansion without throwing stuff away. Actually, I forgot to notice that this board only has 4 slots- never mind!
). Most people who use Crucial on Tyan MP boards have no problems (myself included - at least on the one in my sig), but there seems to be an unusually high incidence of boot problems and misdetected memory with this combination. Another issue is supposedly timing problems when more than one Crucial module is installed. Corsair make memory specifically with the Thunder K7 in mind - if you're buying a Tyan MP board, that memory comes highly recommended.
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