PIII SMP

[Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg]

freebsd_deamon at gmx.net wrote:

>dear list,
>
>buying two PIII for a dual system ... what do i have to pay attention to
>(besides the requirements of the M/B)?
>aka ... are all PIII SMP capable?
>
>thanks
>
Make sure the stepping is identical.

Some motherboards require Tualatin's to be able to run dual, others will 
happily run even Celeron CPU's in smp.
I personally run a Dell Poweredge 1500SC motherboard with two Tualatin 
1.13GHz PIII's, and Ive had no problems at all with it. I also run a MSI 
649D-Pro motherboard with two PIII 1Ghz (not Tualatin) which also works 
great, but performance wise it's no match for the dual Tualatin.

I would say Tualatin's are youre best bet, they are a little expensive 
but they work great in dual systems, thats what they are designed for. 
Just make sure your motherboard can handle Tualatins.

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R