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Date:      Mon, 18 Dec 2000 05:10:00 -0500
From:      Dennis Jun <dennisjun@home.com>
To:        Christopher Farley <chris@northernbrewer.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: intel vs. AMD
Message-ID:  <3A3DE278.9020800@home.com>
References:  <3A3C0A8A.D653C28@ifour.com.br> <20001217030135.029A75BD7@clyde.goodleaf.net> <20001218004522.C25708@northernbrewer.com>

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Christopher Farley wrote:

> J.Goodleaf (john@goodleaf.net) wrote:
> 
>> If you need/want a dual proc machine, you must go Intel.
> 
> 
> If I'm not mistaken, this is a hardware limitation, not a FreeBSD
> limitation... Dual processor AMD motherboards aren't made yet. It's a
> shame nobody will take a risk on a dual-processor AMD server MB. 
> 
I believe it's not the fact that the AMD can't handle dual support, it's 
just the motherboards: specifically, the chipset. However AMD is 
planning to come out with the 730 chipset (I think) mid next year to 
support dual cpus.




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