Hi James, It should be interesting to get that dual cpu computer running!
>My first question has to do with the processors >themselves. Do they >have to be an exact match? Must they be made by the >same company (say,Intel),or can they be "mixed and >matched" (1 Intel and 1 >AMD)? Need the speed >match? Say I want to use a DX2 66 in one slot: would >the second slot >need also to be a DX2 66? They don't have to be exactly the same, but they do have to run at the same speed. I have heard of people using dual cpu with a Celeron and a Pentium III (One of them overclocked by the way!) I suppose that an AMD and a Intel should work if they are running at the same speed. There is some info on dual-cpus on www.tomshardware.com . There is also an interesting site about dual cpu called http://2cpu.com/ . As you may now the only feasible operating systems on dual cpu computers will be either Windows NT or some version of Linux. DOS and Windows 3.x and 9x will only recognize 1 cpu. Also you should give the computer as much memory as possible because it will be shared by both cpus. I have never seen or used a dual-cpu computer, but I've heard that it will perform at the same speed as a 1 cpu computer except when using programs specially designed for dual-cpu. Multitasking is also supposed to be much better. Good luck, Inigo __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
