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Article #29Re: Why (NOT) Win2k for gaming ?
From: Mark Borton
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 00:00
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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