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Modding The Barton XP To A Barton MP

Posted by timothy on from the who-needs-a-warranty dept.

Dr. Jackie Lee writes "Don't have the budget for an AMD Opteron? There's always a cheaper alternative with AMD's current Barton processors. In this article, we'll show you how to run these new Barton XP processors in SMP mode."

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  1. You've slain the processor. You get 10 XP and 5 GP by InvaderSkooge · · Score: 5, Funny

    Personally, I'm holding out for a mod that lets me turn my Barton XP into a Barton GP, because I really want to buy that next armor class.

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  2. Death Wish by abhikhurana · · Score: 3, Funny

    Boy, some guys sure have a death wish... I mean what else can explain a person posting a story, hosted on his own website, on slashdot?

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  3. No an alternative by Simon+Lyngshede · · Score: 2, Funny

    They want to use multiple cpu as an alternative to an Opteron ? Sorry but two 32 bit processors isn't really the same as one 64bit.

  4. Re:SMP is nice! by Komarosu · · Score: 4, Funny

    BTW, the blooddy site is slashdotted, at 7 am! Wow.

    "Then suddenly, with a blinding flash of the obvious he realises the world isn't running on just one timezone."

    -1 Sarcastic for me!

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