Author: Jason Williamson
Date: 19:07:54 12/11/00
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On December 11, 2000 at 20:58:39, Paul Doire wrote: >On December 11, 2000 at 19:47:31, Jason Williamson wrote: > >>On December 11, 2000 at 13:55:27, Paul Doire wrote: >> >>>First I want to apologize about my use of "cpu control utility",the results are >>>tainted and apparently incorrect. >>>In my rush to solve same pc matches,I tried a faulty solution. >>>CM8000 doesn't support WIN2K,but I understand it has worked on occasion. >>> >>>Am I better off upgrading to WIN2K,or fresh full install???? >>>With CM8000 already installed in WIN98SE maybe it will handle the transition >>>well???? >>> >>>Comments,Feedback >>> >>>Regards, >>>Paul >> >>With regards to windows 2000, I wouldn't recommend it unless you have need of an >>NT enviroment. I use multiprocessors hence my need. Most users will find that >>win2k, while more stable then win9x doesn't run alot of multimedia based >>software, ie games. >> >>Chessmaster runs fine under win2k for me. As to upgrading vs full install, >>upgrading worked ok for me, but like any brand of windows, it really like to >>have a clean install. >> >>JW > >I have an opportunity to upgrade my system to dual PIII 700's overclocked to 1 >GIG each, 256 MB PC133 Ram ,32 Meg GEForce Video. Win 2k all installed and >burned in for 1345.00.Guaranteed and Warranteed from www.pcnut.com,a famous >overclocking site.Having a dual processor system now,Do you think it is a good >deal.I run Office 2000 and many chess engines and progs.I get so many GUI >freezes and blue screens in Win 98SE,that I am sick of it. >oes that seem like a good deal to you??? > >Regards, >Paul Let me put it this way, I have been considering selling my dual system and buying a AMD K7 1ghz machine. Maybe overall it is slower, but really how many programs that you use actually use the two cpus? In my case, just 4 or 5 tops. All the rest use one. JW
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