Author: ERIQ
Date: 05:55:25 04/09/03
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On April 09, 2003 at 00:34:10, Pavel Blokhine wrote: >On April 09, 2003 at 00:17:16, Charles Worthington wrote: > >>On April 08, 2003 at 23:53:06, Charles Worthington wrote: >> >>>On April 08, 2003 at 23:41:44, Pavel Blokhine wrote: >>> >>>>I am looking to buy a new computer. I will be using it for many things, but >>>>mostly for computer video games and chess online. So what computer would be >>>>best? TheMicro Express MicroFlex 27A Powered by AMD's 2.17-GHz Athlon XP 2700+ >>>>processor and 512MB of DDR400 SDRAM, the MicroFlex 27A earned a blistering score >>>>of 130 on PC WorldBench 4 tests, for $2254 or a Dell Dimension 8250• 3.06-GHz >>>>Pentium 4 processor• 200GB hard drive• 18-inch LCD monitor• 128MB ATI Radeon >>>>9700 Pro graphics• 16X DVD-ROM drive, DVD+RW/+R drive at $3158? >>> >>> >>>If video games and chess are your main uses for the machine I would think the >>>AMD would be the better choice...especially for the money....I own a dimension >>>8250 and while it surely performs well it was hardly worth the additional cost >>>were i to only use it for chess. But in the end it really is just a question of >>>personal preference. If both companies offer comparable service and support then >>>its really a toss of the coin. >>>Charles >> >> >>P.S. The decision will also depend on what you plan for the machine in the >>future. If you want to upgrade to a faster cpu later on or overclock your >>current one then the AMD is the only option for you. Dell boards do not support >>overclocking and Intel is notorious for often changing the socket on their cpus. >>So you can pretty much rule out upgrading the Dell at all without >>some_major_expense. Speed wise you are not going to see a huge world of >>differece between the two machines. Assuming no overclocking you will get close >>to 1200 kNs running fritz 8 on either. The hyperthreading will give you a 10 to >>12% boost with the intel running Deep Fritz 7 but the strength difference is >>negligible. >> >>Charles > > >Thanks. But how do i overclock an AMD and is it safe? I just overclocked a 1800+ xp to 2000+ speeds by just uping the bus speed from 133 to 145 it not that hard and I have very little heat diff but unless you have good cooling I wouldn't go too far w/ it. btw It didn't make that much diff to me as far as performance but I only added about 140mhz.
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