Tyan Tiger MPX S2466 Motherboard Review

Tweakers Australia has just posted a review on Tyan's new dual AMD motherboard, based around the AMD 760 MPX chipset - introducing the Tyan Tiger MPX S2466N-4M. It offers support for upto 4GB of registered DDR266, two 64bit/66MHz PCI slots, four 32bit/33MHz PCI slots, a 4x AGP, onboard 3Com 10/100 NIC and onboard USB. As you can see, it sure is loud when it comes to features, but lets see how it performs. Here's a snip:

Dual CPU systems are not for everyone. A lot of people think they simply go out and buy a capable motherboard, a couple of CPUs, and the next thing they know everything will be twice as fast - certainly not the case! This review was my first attempt at running a dual-CPU system, and I was quick to learn that only a handful of applications actually make use of more than one processor. It was nearly a year ago when AMD released their first multiprocessor chipset the 760 MP, which had a lot of potential at the time, and actually performed quite well. The platform didn't so do well in the eyes of major OEMs, but did impress and gain support from the PC enthusiast and the hardcore gaming crowd. At the start of this year AMD released its second-generation chipset, the 760 MPX, and Tyan was one of the first manufactures to offer a complete board featuring the new chipset. Tyan calls it the Tiger MPX, and it comes in two flavors - the S2466N and the S2466N-4M.

News source: Tweakers Australia