Author: Sally Weltrop
Date: 05:05:40 06/23/03
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On June 23, 2003 at 08:02:00, Sally Weltrop wrote: >On June 22, 2003 at 21:06:33, Aaron Gordon wrote: > >>On June 22, 2003 at 20:32:37, Dan Andersson wrote: >> >>> It can't be for speed if you buy a dual machine to do chess. For a quad it's a >>>different matter. There you gain a little, not much. >>> I'd wager the perception of reliability comes in play. Curiously enough the >>>most problems I've had with any computer was with an all out Intel machine. Not >>>that it was a terrible bother. Heck, my current SMP machine is an Intel one. >>> I only think it would have been intersting to glean a bit about his reasons. >>> >>>MvH Dan Andersson >> >>You can also build a dual Athlon MP 3200+ (2.4ghz) barebones system (board, >>chips, ram, case+psu, heatsink/fans, videocard, etc) for less than the price of >>a single Xeon 3.06 cpu.. and the 2x3200+ would be faster. :) Gotta love it.. > >I see AMD ATHLON MP 3200+ at >http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&from=R7&ebaytag1=ebayreg&query=%22Athlon+MP%22&query2=Athlon+MP&search_option=3&exclude=&category0=&minPrice=&maxPrice=&ebaytag1code=0&st=&SortProperty=MetaEndSort >going for $165 each! That's awfully cheap! Is this correct? Looks shady to me >when reliable companies are seeling them for at least 3 X's the price. In fact going on pricewatch.com I only see Athlon MP 2800+ going for $285 each? where are the 3,000 & 3,200's?
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