Quad Opteron and Octal Opteron and Windows XP

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Can you run a quad or octal opteron configuration in win xp? Will they all be recognized?

Anybody know the speks on the actual number of cpu's you can use in an xp config?
 
The answers to your questions are:

No.
No.
Yes. You could look it up.

steve


apesoccer said:
Can you run a quad or octal opteron configuration in win xp? Will they all be recognized?

Anybody know the speks on the actual number of cpu's you can use in an xp
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config?
 
2 cpu's max in win xp pro
1 cpu max in win xp home

win 2k advanced server 4 cpu's
win 2k server and pro 2 cpu's

win 2003 server standard and web edition 2 cpu's
win 2003 enterprise server 4 cpu's

etc.....

8 way systems are usually reserved for advanced operating systems like the win server datacenter editions and specific flavors of linux and some versions of unix
 
Pro: 2 physical processor + 2 virtual (HyperTheading) processors

Home: 1 physical processor and 1 virtual.


the dude said:
2 cpu's max in win xp pro
1 cpu max in win xp home

win 2k advanced server 4 cpu's
win 2k server and pro 2 cpu's

win 2003 server standard and web edition 2 cpu's
win 2003 enterprise server 4 cpu's

etc.....

8 way systems are usually reserved for advanced operating systems like the
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win server datacenter editions and specific flavors of linux and some
versions of unix
 
Yves Leclerc said:
Pro: 2 physical processor + 2 virtual (HyperTheading) processors

Home: 1 physical processor and 1 virtual.
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Does Microsoft have a way of getting around this without spending a boatload
of cash?

I really don't want to have to learn Linux. I just want to be able to add
cpus and RAM without having to buy a hard drive and reinstall Windows each
time.

I have Distributed Computing as a hobby, for those of you interested in why
I want to be able to add cpus without adding hard drives
 
Why not look it up?

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;888732

"Processor and memory capabilities of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
and of the x64-based versions of Windows Server 2003"

Whether server OSes are what you need for "distributed computing", I have no
idea. They are much more expensive than the desktop versions.

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Bob Knowlden said:
Why not look it up?

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;888732

"Processor and memory capabilities of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
and of the x64-based versions of Windows Server 2003"

Whether server OSes are what you need for "distributed computing", I have no
idea. They are much more expensive than the desktop versions.

Address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
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Thanks, Bob, that was helpful.

8 would be a lot for me, so I guess I need that one version of Windows
Server 2003, although I'll probably be better off waiting to see what each of
the zillion Windows Vista versions best suits me.
 
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