Since PII boards for dual processors are now fairly common, no one will develop a super 7 dual board. The PII boards aren't too much more and the performance increase is substantial. -----Original Message----- From: Rod Gotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: David Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, October 16, 1998 7:45 AM Subject: Re: K6-II > > >On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, David Tupper wrote: > >> As the K6 is pin for pin Pentium compatible any board that supports dual >> pentiums should support dual K6. As for the PII you are correct in that some > >This makes sense; however, do you know of any of the newer (Super7) >motherboards that support 2 or more sockets AND support 100 MHz bus speed >(for faster RAM, etc)? > >Also, which would be better: dual PII-450 or quad PP200 ? I am under the >impression that an SMP board does not give 100% additional CPU throughput >for each additional CPU but rather an additional 20 or 30% extra. > > -Rod > >> systems support 2 processors but only 2 and not more. This is a limitation >> imposed by Intel so it didn't cut into the pentium pro market. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rod Gotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Thursday, October 15, 1998 9:01 PM >> Subject: Re: K6-II >> >> >> >My understanding is that with the AMD-K6, you can only have one processor >> >per motherboard (i.e. no SMP) but with the PII I've seen motherboards that >> >host at least two. Can someone confirm this for me? >> > >> >-Rod >> > >> > >> >
