All that being true however from the arch of duals one should be able to put together dual-core 2-way and a "regular", i.e., single-core cpu on a 2-way opteron mobo.
Latchezar > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 9:06 AM > To: Nathan Dragun > Cc: Paolo Alexis Falcone; debian-amd64@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Mixing CPU's > > Hi Nathan, > > May I ask what is the purpose of the original question ? > > Do I understand correctly that you want to mix a single and a > double CPU, perhaps even a quad or 8-way Opteron CPU in the > same system ? > > Do you understand that f.e. the 2 way CPUs have an extra > "Bus" between them to speed up communication and share memory > to the other CPU. > In 4 and 8-way CPUs you will find 3 of those extra "Buses". > > These means f.e. that in a 4-way setup you can share the > memory between those CPUs, processes etc. according to your needs. > > I believe that mixing up different CPU types and /or speeds > is basically like putting for different wheels on your car > and see how far you can go with them ;-). > > Does that make things clearer ? > > I am not sure yet if your background is to make "a one size > fits all computer" or you just have nothing to do. Anyway, > either way good luck ;-) > > Best regards > > Nils Valentin > > > Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote: > > > >>On 7/23/05, Nathan Dragun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Has anyone tried mixing the processor types of multi-cpu systems? > >>>What was the outcome? > >>> > >>>Has anyone tried mixing dual-core and single-core cpus together? > >>> > >>> > >>>I'm truely interested in knowing if its necessary to shell out all > >>>that money for 2+ chips....... > >>> > >>> > >> > >>Generally it's not a good idea. You've got timing issues to > consider, > >>among other things. > >> > >> > >> > > What kind of timing issues? What other things.... > > Just because it isn't recomended dosen't mean it won't > work. On the > > contrary, half the things 'they' tell you won't work will > work, they > > just want to make more money off you. > > > > Nathan > > ---------------- > > Code is poetry. > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >