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Re: Why (NOT) Win2k for gaming ?

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From: Mark Borton
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 00:00
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I know nothing of Socket 370 or AMD chips...in fact..i was about to post on
this very NG if Gigabyte does a Motherboard that supports AMD chips....





"YeungLui" <YeungLui@Email.com> wrote in message
news:3A10C2B0.6010203@Email.com...
> yyyyyyyyooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!
> WAKE UP!!!!!!! pal!!!
>
> AMD no matter which flavour
> will get FLIED! instantaneously in a 370 socket!, that is even if you
> get it to Squezze in!
>
> man, Get the FACTs before you start talking at all., what a buch of BS
>
> Mark Borton wrote:
>
> > "Richard Walker" <richard.3.walker@bt.com> wrote in message
> > news:8up48d$goo$1@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk...
> >
> >> "Mark Borton" <MarkBorton@DEEPSPACENINE.COM> wrote in message
> >> news:974120262.409.0.nnrp-02.c1ed3851@news.demon.co.uk...
> >>
> >>> Win2k , if your not buying shoddy clone OEM hardware is the best OS
for
> >>> gaming...Get yourself an Nvida Graphics card, Creative labs sound card
> >>
> > and
> >
> >>> DVD decoder, a Hayes V90 "HARDWARE" modem, a couple of TRUE INTEL
> >>
> > Processors
> >
> >>> , a Gigabyte Dual Processor Board and a Netgear network adapter if
your
> >>> networking (the TX310 is good) and youll never look back
> >>
> >> I agree 100%, except about the 'true Intel' bit.
> >>
> >> Why not AMD?  I have a Thunderbird 800 games machine running 2k,
> >> and it's great!
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Then your in the minority, everyone i know with AMD systems jumped
straghit
> > back to intel systems after nothing but agro....
> >
> > However i am about to build a new gaming rig, and i was thinking of
using
> > (if they exisit) a Socket 370 AMD chip (Around 800mhz) on a Slocket..to
see
> > if it works
> >
> >
> >> --
> >> Cheers,
> >> Richard (speaking personally).
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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From: "Mark Borton" <MarkBorton@DEEPSPACENINE.COM>
Subject: Re: Why (NOT) Win2k for gaming ?
Date: 2000/11/14
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