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Subject: Re: ordering the new fx-51

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 00:37:35 09/24/03

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On September 24, 2003 at 02:56:18, Will Singleton wrote:

>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.

Consider your upgrade options 2 years from now.

>
>
>>>
>>>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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