First Ever Dual AMD Opteron WITH AGP baby!!!

peterosesbookie · Aug 19, 2003, 02:51 AM

Finally, the upgrade I have been waiting for from TYAN. The Thunder K8W. I would love to get my hands on one of these babies and test it out. here are the specs of the board.

Thunder K8W (S2885)

Processor
• Dual µPGA 940-pin ZIF sockets
• Supports up to two AMD Opteron™ processors
• Two onboard 3-phase VRMs
• 128-bit DDR dual-channel memory controller
(integrated in CPU)

Chipset
• AMD-8151™ AGP 3.0 Graphics Tunnel
• AMD-8131™ PCI-X Tunnel
• AMD-8111™ I/O Hub
• Winbond™ W83627HF Super I/O ASIC
• Analog Devices ADT7463 Hardware Monitoring IC

Memory
• 128-bit DDR memory bus
• Eight 184-pin 2.5-Volt DDR DIMM sockets
- Four per CPU
• Supports up to 16GB of Registered DDR
• Supports ECC type memory modules
• Supports PC2700, PC2100, & PC1600 DDR

Expansion Slots (Total of six usable slots)
[SIZE=x-large] • One 8X AGP / AGP 8X Pro110W slot[/SIZE]
• Two independent 64-bit PCI-X buses
- Two 100/66/33MHz PCI-X slots (PCI-X A)
- Two 133/100/66/33MHz PCI-X slots (PCI-X B)
• One legacy 32-bit 33MHz (5-Volt) PCI slot

Integrated I/O
• One floppy connector supports up to two drives
• One 25-pin parallel port connector and two serial
(one connector, one header)
• Five USB v1.1 ports (three rear connectors & two
• front panel headers)
• PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors
• Two FireWire (IEEE 1394a) ports (one rear
• connector and one internal connector)

System Management
• Total of six 3-pin fan headers with tachometer
monitoring
• Four fan headers with (PWM) speed control
• One 2-pin Chassis Intrusion header
• Temperature, voltage and fan monitoring

Integrated Enhanced IDE Controller
• Two IDE dual-drive ports for up to four
EIDE devices
• Supports for UDMA 133/100/66/33 IDE drives
and ATAPI compliant devices

Integrated LAN Controllers
• Broadcom BCM5703C GbE controller
- One RJ-45 LAN connectors with LEDs
- Connected to PCI-X Bridge A

Integrated SATA Controller (option)
• Silicon Image Sil3114 SATA RAID Accelerator
• Four SATA 1.0 ports
• Supports up to four SATA drives
• Supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1 (optional)

Integrated FireWire Controller
• TI TSB43AB22 IEEE 1394a PCI controller
• Two FireWire ports (one rear connector and one
front panel connector, optional)

Integrated Audio
• AC'97 compliant audio link
• Analog Devices 1981B
• One RCA SPDIF connector
• Line-In/Line-Out/Mic-In audio jacks
• CD-in/Aux-in connectors

BIOS
• AMI® BIOS 8.0 on 4Mbit LPC Flash ROM
• ACPI 2.0
• Serial Console Redirect
• PXE via Ethernet
• USB device boot
• 48-bit LBA Support

Form Factor
• SSI EEB v3.0 footprint (12"x13"; 304.8x330.2mm)
- fits in many ATX-compliant tower chassis
• EPS12V/SSI (24 + 8 + 6 pin) power connectors
• Serial (one) and parallel port (one) connectors
• Stacked USB 1.1 (three) connectors
• Stacked PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports
• One RJ-45 LAN connector with LEDs
• Audio Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in jacks
• One RCA SPDIF (Co-Axial) connector
• One IEEE 1394A port

Regulatory
• FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) certified
• European CE (Declaration of Conformity

I was told to hold and I have ever since I have heard about the Hammer. Now it is here

My next shopping list

Thunder K8W
2 opterons
ATi All-in-Wonder 9800 or beyond (must be all-in-wonder though)

later

pete

DriveEuro · Aug 19, 2003, 03:30 AM

That board comes with PCI-X??? NIIIIIIIIICE

peterosesbookie · Aug 19, 2003, 04:01 AM

later

peterosesbookie · Aug 19, 2003, 04:04 AM

later

pete

Stormy · Aug 19, 2003, 04:11 AM

*is drooling all over his keyboard*

BWX · Aug 19, 2003, 05:09 AM

Only supports pc 2700? Wouldn' tthat kinda put a damper on performance?

scobywhru · Aug 19, 2003, 05:19 AM

its suppose tosupport better then that but it must use ECC RAM and they don't have anything better then 2700 at the moment, but remeber each chip has its own memory controller, so with 2 chips with 2 channels that 4X memory speed

Judas · Aug 20, 2003, 08:43 AM

.....great... i want to see Final Fantasy the movie play silky smooth on that sucker....(realtime)

peterosesbookie · Aug 28, 2003, 06:43 AM

This will truly whip out some awesome benchmarks that are coded for SMP format. The speed may only be 2700 of the memory but the memory will be running 4X. I would like to See some Opteron 246's and a Radeon 9800 whip out some benchies. I can't wait.

Aug 19, 2003, 02:51 AM	#1
peterosesbookie HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: OHIO Posts: 556 Rep Power: 0	First Ever Dual AMD Opteron WITH AGP baby!!! Finally, the upgrade I have been waiting for from TYAN. The Thunder K8W. I would love to get my hands on one of these babies and test it out. here are the specs of the board. Thunder K8W (S2885) Processor • Dual µPGA 940-pin ZIF sockets • Supports up to two AMD Opteron™ processors • Two onboard 3-phase VRMs • 128-bit DDR dual-channel memory controller (integrated in CPU) Chipset • AMD-8151™ AGP 3.0 Graphics Tunnel • AMD-8131™ PCI-X Tunnel • AMD-8111™ I/O Hub • Winbond™ W83627HF Super I/O ASIC • Analog Devices ADT7463 Hardware Monitoring IC Memory • 128-bit DDR memory bus • Eight 184-pin 2.5-Volt DDR DIMM sockets - Four per CPU • Supports up to 16GB of Registered DDR • Supports ECC type memory modules • Supports PC2700, PC2100, & PC1600 DDR Expansion Slots (Total of six usable slots) [SIZE=x-large] • One 8X AGP / AGP 8X Pro110W slot[/SIZE] • Two independent 64-bit PCI-X buses - Two 100/66/33MHz PCI-X slots (PCI-X A) - Two 133/100/66/33MHz PCI-X slots (PCI-X B) • One legacy 32-bit 33MHz (5-Volt) PCI slot Integrated I/O • One floppy connector supports up to two drives • One 25-pin parallel port connector and two serial (one connector, one header) • Five USB v1.1 ports (three rear connectors & two • front panel headers) • PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors • Two FireWire (IEEE 1394a) ports (one rear • connector and one internal connector) System Management • Total of six 3-pin fan headers with tachometer monitoring • Four fan headers with (PWM) speed control • One 2-pin Chassis Intrusion header • Temperature, voltage and fan monitoring Integrated Enhanced IDE Controller • Two IDE dual-drive ports for up to four EIDE devices • Supports for UDMA 133/100/66/33 IDE drives and ATAPI compliant devices Integrated LAN Controllers • Broadcom BCM5703C GbE controller - One RJ-45 LAN connectors with LEDs - Connected to PCI-X Bridge A Integrated SATA Controller (option) • Silicon Image Sil3114 SATA RAID Accelerator • Four SATA 1.0 ports • Supports up to four SATA drives • Supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1 (optional) Integrated FireWire Controller • TI TSB43AB22 IEEE 1394a PCI controller • Two FireWire ports (one rear connector and one front panel connector, optional) Integrated Audio • AC'97 compliant audio link • Analog Devices 1981B • One RCA SPDIF connector • Line-In/Line-Out/Mic-In audio jacks • CD-in/Aux-in connectors BIOS • AMI® BIOS 8.0 on 4Mbit LPC Flash ROM • ACPI 2.0 • Serial Console Redirect • PXE via Ethernet • USB device boot • 48-bit LBA Support Form Factor • SSI EEB v3.0 footprint (12"x13"; 304.8x330.2mm) - fits in many ATX-compliant tower chassis • EPS12V/SSI (24 + 8 + 6 pin) power connectors • Serial (one) and parallel port (one) connectors • Stacked USB 1.1 (three) connectors • Stacked PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports • One RJ-45 LAN connector with LEDs • Audio Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in jacks • One RCA SPDIF (Co-Axial) connector • One IEEE 1394A port Regulatory • FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) certified • European CE (Declaration of Conformity I was told to hold and I have ever since I have heard about the Hammer. Now it is here My next shopping list Thunder K8W 2 opterons ATi All-in-Wonder 9800 or beyond (must be all-in-wonder though) later pete __________________ A Cat almost always blinks when hit in the head with a ball peen hammer!

Aug 19, 2003, 03:30 AM	#2
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Aug 19, 2003, 04:01 AM	Thread Starter #3
peterosesbookie HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: OHIO Posts: 556 Rep Power: 0	what products availible currently are PCI-X compatible later __________________ A Cat almost always blinks when hit in the head with a ball peen hammer!

Aug 19, 2003, 04:04 AM	Thread Starter #4
peterosesbookie HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: OHIO Posts: 556 Rep Power: 0	the first ever official dual Opteron with agp later pete __________________ A Cat almost always blinks when hit in the head with a ball peen hammer!

Aug 19, 2003, 04:11 AM	#5
Stormy DH Mafia Don Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: DH Mafia Manor Posts: 296 Rep Power: 0	is drooling all over his keyboard __________________ AMD Barton 2500+ Gigabyte 7NNXP ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500DV 64mB w/ Catalyst 4.10 Windows XP Home Service Pack 2 Onboard Nvidia Audio Toshiba 16x DVD-ROM 32x10x40x CD-RW Drive 2x 512mb DDR Sticks

Aug 19, 2003, 05:09 AM	#6
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Only supports pc 2700? Wouldn' tthat kinda put a damper on performance? __________________

Aug 19, 2003, 05:19 AM	#7
scobywhru DriverHeaven Senile Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Penthouse Basement Posts: 619 Rep Power: 0	its suppose tosupport better then that but it must use ECC RAM and they don't have anything better then 2700 at the moment, but remeber each chip has its own memory controller, so with 2 chips with 2 channels that 4X memory speed __________________

Aug 28, 2003, 06:43 AM	Thread Starter #9
peterosesbookie HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: OHIO Posts: 556 Rep Power: 0	Who Cares about the memory performance This will truly whip out some awesome benchmarks that are coded for SMP format. The speed may only be 2700 of the memory but the memory will be running 4X. I would like to See some Opteron 246's and a Radeon 9800 whip out some benchies. I can't wait. __________________ A Cat almost always blinks when hit in the head with a ball peen hammer!