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Article #34Re: Dual Athlon or Dual P3?
From: Hendrik Putman
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 06:55
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 06:55
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Athlon is the new one on the market. But I would try it! There speed and performance doesn't lie! Just make sure you have proper cooling. Hendrik "Paulio1025" <paulio1025@home.com> schreef in bericht news:Q%Dh7.278930$v5.28170886@news1.rdc1.ct.home.com... > I recommend Dual P3. Standard motherboard size and fully tested, Athlon > boards are sort of new. > > -- > Paul Rovero > > "If the art looks crappy, it's really just abstract" > -Me > "Ralph Seguin" <rpseguin@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:63ca7e76.0108241538.3e5423@posting.google.com... > > Hi. > > I have a small limited budget to get a new PC at work. > > I'd like to get a dual processor machine and I am seeking advice on > > stability and performance issues. > > > > From various reviews that I've seen, it looks like the dual Athlon > > completely kicks butt, but I've heard from some people that they have > > stability problems. > > I plan on running Linux and possibly a small bit of Windows, but > > probably only under VMWare. > > > > I'd also like to avoid getting graphics on the motherboard. I'd like > > to get a GeForce 3. > > > > Dual Athlon boards: > > Asus (???) > > Tyan Thunder (S2462ung) (~ $500) > > Tyan Tiger (S2460) (~ $250) > > > > > > Dual P3 boards: > > Asus CUV4X-D (~ $170) > > Asus CUV4X-DLS (~ $330) > > Abit VP6 (~ $140) max CPU speed?? > > > > > > > > Recommendations and comments are appreciated. > > > > Thanks! > > -Ralph > > rpseguin AT yahoo DOT com > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fabd0,6c5466f63956ffc9 X-Google-Attributes: gidfabd0,public X-Google-Thread: 1002bf,6c5466f63956ffc9 X-Google-Attributes: gid1002bf,public X-Google-Thread: 11196f,6c5466f63956ffc9 X-Google-Attributes: gid11196f,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-28 23:57:18 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!195.238.2.15!skynet.be!skynet.be!louie!not-for-mail From: "Hendrik Putman" <hputman@skynet.be> Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,ba.market.computers,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.systems References: <63ca7e76.0108241538.3e5423@posting.google.com> <Q%Dh7.278930$v5.28170886@news1.rdc1.ct.home.com> Subject: Re: Dual Athlon or Dual P3? Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 08:55:46 +0200 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Lines: 55 Message-ID: <3b8c9247$0$21073$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be> Organization: -= Skynet Usenet Service =- NNTP-Posting-Host: 217.136.123.114 X-Trace: 999068231 reader0.news.skynet.be 21073 217.136.123.114 X-Complaints-To: abuse@skynet.be