Tyan Dual AMD boards? ( Thunder / Tiger )

[torran]

Hi,
would someone please explain me the difference between the Tiger MPX (S2466) board and the Thunder K7X (S2468) ?

Also, does anyone know whether DSP Reality card is supported by these? Any experiences?

thanks in advance,
RF

[daanbanaan]

correct me if i am wrong....but i think the Thunder is the one with a video output built onto the Mother Board.

[hella356]

The Thunder also has onboard SCSI, dual onboard network cards, AGP Pro and higher power supply requirements.

The Thunder is more of a server board, the Tiger a workstation board although both can be used for either task. Seems silly for the Tiger to not have AGP Pro though but there aren't a ton of AGP Pro cards on the market.

[1000101-]

The Tiger MPX supports AGP pro. but tyan is cheese. I'd recommend the MSI, Gigabyte(most reliable brand I've worked with), or Asus. All of those boards support AGP pro.

[exodusmaximus]

Gigabyte isn't so relaible lately... stick with Tyan

[gmask]

http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk7x.html
http://www.tyan.com/products/html/tigermpx.html

Seems like the main difference is that the Thunder has SCSI/Video onboard.

Both have LAN build in and the Thunder has 2 Ports.

The Thunder has angled DIMM slots for low profile rackmount

The Tiger has one more 32bit PCI slot than the Thunder

I have an older Tiger and Thunder and both have worked well.

[snarg]

The Thunder K7 supports the DSP more readily, its more tricky to set up than the Tiger but much faster board. AGP Pro and onboard LAN and SCSI has got advantages as it saves an awful amount of messing about when you slots start to get full.

Tigers produce an awful amount of heat especially around VRM 01 and you have to pay particular attention to cooling to these units. Thunder does cost more though in the end its the better of the boards.

[mistah_a]

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[1000101-]

I've had 3 out of 3 dead/barely functional tyan boards; I've had to RMA maybe 5 out of 100 gigabyte boards. Besides; with manufacturers like Asus, MSI, and gigabyte; you don't have to adhere to their HCL as strictly as with tyan. I've also got many a bone to pick with tyan's support who've yet to get back with me. hehe
oh well
I'd call them but I allways get someone who barely speaks english on the phone who tells me things like "reinstall video card drivers" in a thick barely cohesive accent.