Duelie or single

Hullsy · 30th September 2002, 8:25 PM

I have the opportunity to buy a new system its purpose in life will be to encode mpegs from DVD rips would I be better off with a p4 2 gig or a duelie with 2 X 1.13 celerons on it which is about the same price I am trying to avoid having to change PSU and RAM to save costs

If this question has been asked my apologies

Regards Hullsy

lonewolf1983 · 1st October 2002, 3:49 PM

you cant use celerons over 533mhz in dual config anyways, so it looks like the p4

FiShy · 1st October 2002, 6:08 PM

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Originally posted by lonewolf1983
you cant use celerons over 533mhz in dual config anyways, so it looks like the p4

beat me to it

64026402 · 4th October 2002, 3:24 AM

You can however use durons at 1.3 ghz.
Duals are a better choice overall.
My P4 2.4 running at 2.8 can't hold up to my duron dual machines.
Power is king not Ghz.

leperMessiah · 8th October 2002, 9:39 PM

Go dual athlon XP with a Tyan board, it'll run only a little more expensive than the intel rig anyway.

Dual Durons are nice and will cost approx the same.

Swink · 9th October 2002, 6:44 PM

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64026402 · 9th October 2002, 9:32 PM

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Originally posted by Swink
Dont mean to steal the thread, but as an intel boy at heart, i've only just concidered the option of going with Durons to kick off my SMP experience.

Is Tyan the m/b of choice if i want say 900mhz-1.1ghz durons?
If i dont want to spend ~$500 on a new dual AMD board, what cheaper alternatives are there?

again my apologies for stealing the thread

Tyan Tiger 2460s are the least expensive and run well but are bare bones. No sound or anything. Use Durons 1ghz or higher to get the mogan core.

leperMessiah · 9th October 2002, 10:13 PM

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Originally posted by 64026402

Tyan Tiger 2460s are the least expensive and run well but are bare bones. No sound or anything. Use Durons 1ghz or higher to get the mogan core.

Not required on the Tigers.

They also take standard old Athlons in Dual config. Though the Morgan cores will 'share' thier caches, I am not sure if the older ones will allow the 'snoop bus' though I am pretty sure they don't.

64026402 · 10th October 2002, 10:08 AM

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Originally posted by leperMessiah

Not required on the Tigers.

They also take standard old Athlons in Dual config. Though the Morgan cores will 'share' thier caches, I am not sure if the older ones will allow the 'snoop bus' though I am pretty sure they don't.

Yes, I have run older durons on the MP boards but the 1g and up don't generally cost any more and do perform better in SMP and have the SSE instruction set.

Swink · 10th October 2002, 4:09 PM

Thanks for the info. I actually was geared up for one hell of a flaming

leperMessiah · 10th October 2002, 4:19 PM

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Originally posted by 64026402

Yes, I have run older durons on the MP boards but the 1g and up don't generally cost any more and do perform better in SMP and have the SSE instruction set.

Very true, I actually think the Morgan durons@1ghz are faster than the 100FSB Athlons@1Ghz - noticably.

30th September 2002, 8:25 PM	#1
Hullsy Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 36	Duelie or single I have the opportunity to buy a new system its purpose in life will be to encode mpegs from DVD rips would I be better off with a p4 2 gig or a duelie with 2 X 1.13 celerons on it which is about the same price I am trying to avoid having to change PSU and RAM to save costs If this question has been asked my apologies Regards Hullsy

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leperMessiah Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,242	Go dual athlon XP with a Tyan board, it'll run only a little more expensive than the intel rig anyway. Dual Durons are nice and will cost approx the same.