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Article #91Re: homebuilt Athlon
From: NiPs
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 00:00
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 00:00
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No compatiblity is a very old issue any saying that it's not 100% compat should be smacked cause they anit no's shit. This was an issues with um what what a K5(or earlier I know the 486 clones were kinda un compatiable) when was the last time you used one? Jim Mitzel <mitzeljm@mediaone.net> wrote in message news:ObeX3.10675$hI6.137399@typhoon.southeast.rr.com... > When you say that this software is very vague, that right there tells me > this is absolute rubbish. The processor is instruction compatible with > intels x86, and of course amd previous cpus. > > The big story is what the athlon does better than the rest. > > This is just one happy Athlon 500 user talking :) > > If your serious about building a system, check out the AMD website for the > approved components list. This will make the job easier and painless. > > > JM > > Ken <mcclane2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:80j944$ek5$1@arachne.labyrinth.net.au... > > Alright im 90% sure im going to get an Athlon 500. Just a few last checks > > before i go and spend my hard earned cash..... > > > > 1) Ive heard that some software (very vague as to what software) may not > be > > compatible with the Athlon. I dont personally believe this to be true. Has > > anyone run into problems or have heard of any problems with software > > compatability? > > > > The stuff that i will be mainly doing on my comp is games (halflife, > > starcraft type games) some web stuff like homepage maintenance, learning > to > > do some graphics editing, hopefully getting into composing music (ie > > cakewalk guitar studio. yeah i know, but i cant play the synth....yet!!). > Of > > course i will have the standard stuff like win98, ms office..... > > > > 2) Is it easy to build? what sort of things do i need to be aware of when > i > > put it all together? ive got a friend whos put together intel machines > > before...is it the same? or are there some differences that i have to be > > careful of? > > > > thanks > > ken > > > > > > > > > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d683,73fbf324076cfb0f X-Google-Attributes: gid10d683,public X-Google-Thread: f70d1,73fbf324076cfb0f X-Google-Attributes: gidf70d1,public X-Google-Thread: 103e02,73fbf324076cfb0f X-Google-Attributes: gid103e02,public X-Google-Thread: 10a2ed,73fbf324076cfb0f X-Google-Attributes: gid10a2ed,public X-Google-Thread: f5f89,73fbf324076cfb0f X-Google-Attributes: gidf5f89,public X-Google-Thread: 108c83,73fbf324076cfb0f X-Google-Attributes: gid108c83,public From: "NiPs" <fosterchip@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: homebuilt Athlon Date: 1999/11/13 Message-ID: <s2rd8osdhsq58@corp.supernews.com> X-Deja-AN: 548203183 References: <80j944$ek5$1@arachne.labyrinth.net.au> <ObeX3.10675$hI6.137399@typhoon.southeast.rr.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Newsgroups: alt.comp,alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,aus.computers,aus.computers.ibm-pc