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Subject: Re: Best processor for multimedia?
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On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 10:17:45 +0100
Steve Roome <steve@pepcross.com> wrote:

> I can now play mpegs without chopiness and even silly games: as
> surprisinly I appear to have a box running -current that now plays
> unreal tournament 2004 well enough to stop me having to reboot to
> windows for a lunchtime fragfest! I'm still using the XP2600+ though
> so I guess that wasn't my problem after all.

In regards to gaming I have found 5stable works nicely. Including
running smoother than under XP.