Re: Why (NOT) Win2k for gaming ?

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From: Mark Borton
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 00:00

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"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: 2000/11/13
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