Tyan’s Tiger K8W Dual Opteron Motherboard Review

zerodamage · Nov 24, 2003, 11:14 PM

"So, you’ve decided that you want a dual Opteron workstation motherboard. When boards were first being released, it was difficult to find a decent motherboard with a respectable feature set to install those shiny new Opteron processors into. The only dual Opteron platforms available were server motherboards, which not only were expensive, but they didn't have AGP connectivity, making them incompatible with most workstation configurations. After a few months, the first wave of workstation class motherboards hit. These boards which had AGP connectivity, but were also monstrously large (utilizing the Extended ATX form factor) and quite expensive to boot. In stark contrast, today's latest dual Opteron boards are not that expensive, can fit in standard ATX cases, have AGP connectivity, and have a pretty useful onboard features.'

Source: GamePC

~~craig588~~ · Nov 24, 2003, 11:23 PM

Tyan makes awsome high end boards, but their low end really leaves something to be desired.

Nov 24, 2003, 11:14 PM	#1
zerodamage HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,478 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Tyan’s Tiger K8W Dual Opteron Motherboard Review "So, you’ve decided that you want a dual Opteron workstation motherboard. When boards were first being released, it was difficult to find a decent motherboard with a respectable feature set to install those shiny new Opteron processors into. The only dual Opteron platforms available were server motherboards, which not only were expensive, but they didn't have AGP connectivity, making them incompatible with most workstation configurations. After a few months, the first wave of workstation class motherboards hit. These boards which had AGP connectivity, but were also monstrously large (utilizing the Extended ATX form factor) and quite expensive to boot. In stark contrast, today's latest dual Opteron boards are not that expensive, can fit in standard ATX cases, have AGP connectivity, and have a pretty useful onboard features.' Source: GamePC Last edited by zerodamage; Nov 24, 2003 at 11:24 PM.

Nov 24, 2003, 11:23 PM	#2
~~craig588~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In clothing Posts: 3,510 Rep Power: 0	Tyan makes awsome high end boards, but their low end really leaves something to be desired.