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Re: Athlon & Geforce : slower than P3 ?

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From: ericj006
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 00:00
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Could this be caused by the GeForce drivers forcing 1x AGP on the
Athlon chipsets?  I've read some other threads about incompatibilites
between the Athlon AGP chipset and the GeForce that prompted NVIDIA to
make their drivers force AGP to 1x speed.  Could that be the cause of
the performance deficiencies on Athlon systems using the GeForce?

In article <952288168.16584.0.pluto.d4ee4477@news.demon.nl>,
  "Sandman" <postbus@morpheus32.demon.nl> wrote:
> I own an Athlon 700 with a CLAP and know from firsthand experience
that
> my CLAP runs just a little bit faster then on a PIII 600!! This sucks
big
> time.
> When I replace my CLAP with a V3 3000 then the Athlon beats the
Pentium
> III 3000 hands down. Sadly I prefer the CLAP in favor of  the V3 3000.
>
> John Gerard <jmgerard1@home.com> schreef in berichtnieuws
> 38c2baec.15124880@news.pinol1.sfba.home.com...
> > Read this at www.tomshardware.com/mainboard/00q1/000205/index.html.
> >
> >                                             John
> >
> > On Wed, 19 Jan 2000 00:41:12 -0000, "dennis lonving"
> > <dlonving@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >Hello,
> > >
> > >There are so many words over the web about Athlon & GeForce...
> > >I wonder if, with the last driver, a GeForce is still slower on an
> Athlon,
> > >compared to a P3. Or is everything ok now ?
> > >More, I suppose that the GeForce don't use the 3dNow! stuff, nor
the
> > >equivalent-stuff on a P3 (I've forgotten the name).
> > >
> > >You guess it : I'd like to know if I should buy a new P3 or a new
Athlon
> to
> > >boost my GeForce DDR.
> > >
> > >Have fun.
> > >
> > >PS : If you answer in this newsgroup, please email me too, at :
> > >dlonving@hotmail.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>


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