From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 11 23: 5:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from spool.webzone.net (mail.webzone.net [205.219.23.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A46414FA4 for ; Fri, 11 Jun 1999 23:05:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from murban@webzone.net) Received: from webzone.net ([208.137.185.226]) by spool.webzone.net (post.office MTA v2.0 0813 ID# 0-12689) with ESMTP id AAA15347; Sat, 12 Jun 1999 01:09:26 -0500 Message-ID: <3761F929.F1C3969D@webzone.net> Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 01:07:37 -0500 From: Mike Urban Reply-To: murban@webzone.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.36 i686) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Christopher Michaels Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD or Intel? References: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105981@site2s1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Some games do not suppor 3DNow! And even with the ones that do, Intel still out-performs AMD on games... It's just a fact of life. Mike. Christopher Michaels wrote: > I don't understand your statement at all. Most 3d games support 3DNow! and > that levels the playing field. > > -Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mike Urban [SMTP:murban@webzone.net] > > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 6:02 PM > > To: mholloway@flashmail.com > > Cc: questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: AMD or Intel? > > > > If you are not going to be playing a lot of 3D games, then definitely go > > with AMD.. > > They make excellent CPU's that perform as well as (and sometimes better > > then) Intel > > on business apps. And they will cost you significantly less. I don't play > > many > > games, and I use AMD almost exclusively. > > > > Mike. > > > > Mark L. Holloway wrote: > > > > > I'm looking do get another PC for my FreeBSD dektop workstation (ie not > > serving). > > > > > > For $189 I can get an AMD K2-450 and Motherboard. > > > For $379 I can get an Intel 400 and Motherboard. > > > > > > I've heard the AMD has a weak FPU but as soon as you hit PIII the price > > jumps > > > way too high (since I won't use the PIII extensions). Any advice? Is > > the AMD > > > still a good cpu? > > > > > > Regards, > > > Mark > > > ______________________________________________________ > > > Get Your FREE FlashMail Address now at http://www.flashmail.com > > > It's Free, Easy, & Fun !!! > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message