Author: Slater Wold
Date: 07:39:04 09/13/01
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On September 13, 2001 at 08:44:35, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On September 12, 2001 at 20:27:02, Slater Wold wrote: > >>On September 12, 2001 at 19:54:28, ERIQ wrote: >> >>>On September 12, 2001 at 19:49:32, Slater Wold wrote: >>> >>>>On September 12, 2001 at 19:27:18, ERIQ wrote: >>>> >>>>>I generally run linux so would love to have dual system but am not sure which >>>>>would run crafty faster the single athlon or dual pIII's. but I am sure they are >>>>>both faster than what I have now a 433 cel. :( >>>>> >>>>>(must upgrade fast) >>>>> >>>>>Let me also say that I would like something under $2,000 us. and would not mind >>>>>building it myself. >>>>> >>>>>I would be using it for general stuff, trying to write programs in C,C++, and of >>>>>course chess mostly my database programs and playing programs Yace,CT,Crafty >>>>>etc. >>>>> >>>>>main reason for upgrade is any time you are compiling something and try to do >>>>>something else, it gets sooooo slooooow. >>>>> >>>>> sign, >>>>> Eriq >>>> >>>>I have owned BOTH machines, and the 2x1000mhz will be faster. (On SMP >>>>applications.) >>>> >>>> >>>>Slate >>> >>>hi, I have followed your post on the new amd smp mashine. is it also a viable >>>option for me or is it not worth the trouble or money. IE price per proformance. >> >>Depends. Computer prices have rose a little bit since I've bought mine, and >>with just a quick check, I can tell you it'll be about 5% more. The difference >>would be the AMD being about $200 more. (Depending on what you wanted, that's >>just for the bare bone system.) Not sure where you live, but I know air service > >Even the price estimate isn't correct. The AMD only works with registered >memory, and a special power supply. > >That's like $500 more at least. The motherboard is way more expensive, >another $400 more than a dual P3 motherboard is. > >Then in case of the S2462 motherboard you need a server case and >you can't use a cheap bigtower. Um. No. I don't have a special case, or a special power supply. They are both basic ATX components. The memory is $7 more every 256MB for the AMD. The mobo is $75 more. The CPU's are about the same. So like I said, no more than $200 more. > >>is shutdown, and when it starts, will be very slow. So you might want to find >>whatever you can locally. Especially if you're in a hurry. >> >> >>> >>>also which motherboard suports 1000mhz pIII I have found only up too 933mhz. >>>Also which is faster amd smp or intel pIIIs or better. >> >>The Abit VP6 was the mobo I used. It was pretty nice. > >VIA chipset AFAIK. Very slow. It is. And so is IDE. But it's MUCH cheaper. > >> >>Slate
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