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Re: Athlon & Geforce : slower than P3 ?

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From: Ed
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 00:00
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I have heard that these problems have been solved with the new atherlon
chipsets (KX133) at least under NT anyway.


ericj006@my-deja.com wrote:

> 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
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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Subject: Re: Athlon & Geforce : slower than P3 ?
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