cools. yeah, that firewire video stuff is pretty sweet, especially when you're using a sony cam. fast, and very reliable.
well, here's what i've found so far on duallie amd setups. the mp btw goes up to a 2800, with 266mhz fsb. the opterons start at the 1.4 mark, up to about 1.8.
as far as mainboards go, i've found thus far basically 2 mfrs, msi and tyan.
both have dual opteron/mp boards that are fairly similar as far as features. looks like the opteron boards are around $450, where the mp boards are about $180.
so, in that respect the opteron is quite expensive. so, that makes me wonder if it's really worth it to spend that kinda money on the opteron. although, the preliminary tests of the hammer series are pretty impressive, so i'm sure it'd be pretty fast. maybe even faster than the 2800 mp.
i assume you can throw a 32bit pci card ina 64bit slot? most of these server boards have more 64bit slots than 32's. and what exactly is an "agp pro" slot... i'm figuring they're at 4x, which should be acceptable.
oh yeah, the msi opteron board has onboard 8mb rage video, not cool. no agp slot, either. so that means it's down to the tyan board for an opteron.
i dunno.. that's a pretty expensive setup, i dunno if it's worth it. although i have always wanted a duallie workstation, and they say they can be used for high-end workstations. just hope they can put up with tv tuner/capture cards, firewire, and a sb audigy. hm... crap, i dunno. maybe i should just get another abit board and toss a barton in it
but the pimp factor of running a dual 1.4/1.8 opteron or 2.8 mp would be pretty sweet
what's the deal with these mp processors, anyways? i don't know much about them at the moment...