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Subject: Re: ordering the new fx-51

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 23:56:18 09/23/03

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On September 24, 2003 at 01:35:37, Ricardo Gibert wrote:

>On September 23, 2003 at 16:41:14, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>>I've found a couple of places, namely Monarch and Alienware.  Appreciate
>>feedback on these or other vendors.  Looking for a built-to-order system.
>
>Wait. The 940 pin version of the FX requires buffered ram. It is better to wait
>for the 939 pin version to come out supporting unbuffered ram.
>

Why?  The benchmarks released so far seem to indicate that the performance is
good with the buffered ram.


>>
>>Incidentally, I haven't seen the new extreme P4 available anywhere.
>
>I don't remember where I read this, but it isn't due to be available until
>December IIRC. Intel has released the extreme version for benchmarking
>comparisons purposes only. They did this for the obvious reasons. Essentially
>the comparisons are comparing a future CPU with a current CPU. This is not a
>reasonable comparison IMO.
>
>>
>>Will



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