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Subject: Re: AMD Processors: your experience?

Author: Laurence Chen

Date: 06:45:00 12/22/00

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On December 22, 2000 at 09:15:54, Fernando Villegas wrote:

>I am beginning to repent of my change, three months ago or so, from an "slow"
>but reliable and high quality Intel MMX 200 Mhz to a dubious AMD K-6. People
>from CM say that maybe that MAYBE is the reason of the problem that I have had,
>with the engine answering instantly at any level. So I win any game, but it is a
>poor consolation. Your experience? Have, any of you, had problems with any
>program due to this processor? What the experts say? What you recomend, EVEN if
>the processor is not, in this case, the cause of my troubles? The bloody thing
>took 200 bucks from my budget, but if I was just stolen and deceived, I prefer
>to know it now and expend another chunk of my money to put things straight.
>Fernando
I have a friend who uses the AMD-K6 chip, and he has no issues running any of
this applications nor chessmaster 6000.  It works fine with his ASUS
motherboard.  It could be a problem that you got an adulterated chip, that is, a
chip that has been somehow tempered with and hence causing problems.  Also, I
have a colleague at work who uses AMD Athlon chip in his home computer and he
has no issues at all. In the future I would advise you to buy your chip(s) from
a reliable source. Best of luck.
Regards,
Laurence



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