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Article #31Re: Why (NOT) Win2k for gaming ?
From: Mike Kay
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 00:00
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 00:00
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there is no socket 370AMD..... the socket A looks similar but has more pins i believe, so you will have to get a different M/B.. On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Mark Borton wrote: > "Richard Walker" <richard.3.walker@bt.com> wrote in message > news:8up48d$goo$1@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk... > > "Mark Borton" <MarkBorton@DEEPSPACENINE.COM> wrote in message > > news:974120262.409.0.nnrp-02.c1ed3851@news.demon.co.uk... > > > > > > Win2k , if your not buying shoddy clone OEM hardware is the best OS for > > > gaming...Get yourself an Nvida Graphics card, Creative labs sound card > and > > > DVD decoder, a Hayes V90 "HARDWARE" modem, a couple of TRUE INTEL > Processors > > > , a Gigabyte Dual Processor Board and a Netgear network adapter if your > > > networking (the TX310 is good) and youll never look back > > > > I agree 100%, except about the 'true Intel' bit. > > > > Why not AMD? I have a Thunderbird 800 games machine running 2k, > > and it's great! > > > > > > Then your in the minority, everyone i know with AMD systems jumped straghit > back to intel systems after nothing but agro.... > > However i am about to build a new gaming rig, and i was thinking of using > (if they exisit) a Socket 370 AMD chip (Around 800mhz) on a Slocket..to see > if it works > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Richard (speaking personally). > > > > > > > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: feaeb,95c5e78d71aa7610 X-Google-Attributes: gidfeaeb,public X-Google-Thread: fb51b,95c5e78d71aa7610 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb51b,public X-Google-Thread: 10ec8c,95c5e78d71aa7610 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ec8c,public From: Mike Kay <mpk@sanger.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Why (NOT) Win2k for gaming ? Date: 2000/11/14 Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.21.0011141643230.2894-100000@fes11.sanger.ac.uk> X-Deja-AN: 693536513 References: <8F0E6E9F3LondonCalling@164.128.36.42> <13joessvpjet7g4sc4a2ob3napvktcu3bj@4ax.com> <8F0EAFB6Agrinchhomecom@24.64.2.57> <8F0F680ADLondonCalling@164.128.36.42> <8F0FEC6ACgrinchhomecom@24.64.2.57> <974120262.409.0.nnrp-02.c1ed3851@news.demon.co.uk> <8up48d$goo$1@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk> <974137686.8565.0.nnrp-13.c1ed3851@news.demon.co.uk> To: Mark Borton <MarkBorton@DEEPSPACENINE.COM> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Complaints-To: news@net.bio.net X-Trace: niobium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk 974220250 4370 193.62.204.26 (14 Nov 2000 16:44:10 GMT) Organization: BIOSCI/MRC Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre Mime-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 Nov 2000 16:44:10 GMT Newsgroups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.matrox,3dfx.products.voodoo2,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia