Author: Vicente Fernández
Date: 10:09:47 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've had four AMD processors until now: K5, K6II-300, k6II-400, and Athlon-900. In the last three of them, I have run Fritz 5, Fritz 5.32, Fritz 6, Hiarcs 7.32, Shredder 4, Nimzo 2000, Rebel 10, Century and Century 3, Rebel Tiger, Chessmaster 6000 and 8000. I never had any problem due to processor malfunction. Anyway, as I live in Mexico, I can tell you that, at least here, there are some problems with distributors which offer a discount if you buy the chip without a box. A very learned friend told me that some of these chips have not passed the quality control from the manufacturer, so once in a while they can give some trouble. I know you live in Chile, so it is possible that the same policy of the distributors takes place there. If you bought your processor without a box it may be faulty. It MAY, I insist. Anyway, AMD has always been a reliable manufacturer for me.
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