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Subject: Re: new computer athlon?

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 11:09:45 03/22/00

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On March 22, 2000 at 10:51:57, Keith Conary wrote:

>>This might not be an indication of any conflicts that you might have with an
>>Athlon, but the top 2 places in Tom Kerigan's TSCP benchmark page are Athlon
>>computers owned by Francis Monkman and Will Singleton.
>>
>>I think that speaks well for them.
>>
>>Pete
>
>----
>Tom could you please post your link to your benchmark page...i'm intrested in
>the comparisons.

Oops sorry, I thought I ha pasted that in
http://ucsu.Colorado.EDU/~kerrigat/bench.html  I know nothing about the rest of
your post.

Pete

>
>Also, I was under the impression that the new line of Athlon motherboards that
>supported the 133Mhz bus speeds were free of 4x compatibility problems. As
>explained in Anandtech.com review of Via's North/South bridge chipsets vs. AMD's
>Irongate chipsets which only boast AGP 2x features.
>
>If a person is intrested in building an Athlon system...make sure the
>motherboard is of the new line and is native 133mhz bus support which would
>guarantee 4x support in the chipset design.  The AsusK7V KX133 comes to mind as
>a very stable and quality choice.
>
>
>Keith



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