Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 20:49:04 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: "hawk" <cyberhawk@home.com>, "faisal" <fasi74@yahoo.com> Cc: "freebad" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: AMD Duron Message-ID: <002c01c0852a$1d0a5170$837e03cb@dougy> References: <005b01c084e7$051ccfe0$844285ca@client1> <3A6D9AD0.A408B578@home.com>
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I'm guessing the intended use of the systems under discussion is mainly for playing games ... if so AMD chips may possibly be OK for the purpose. My experience with computers is totally business related ..... I have no interest whatever in games. No associate of mine who works in the same area would even think of using the things. I personally have never tried an AMD chip with any version of unix, but I've found them a total dog with WinNT & Win2000 so I'm not inclined to waste time with them. From postings I've seen to this list it appears that many users wish to dual boot FreeBSD & Windows. From my experience with a fair cross-section of machines running virtually every version of Windows, I wouldn't wish an AMD on my worst enemy ... the weird "features" they give, particularly with WinNT & Win2000 are just not worth the dollars saved. Intel Pentiums are probably overpriced by comparison, but Celerons aren't that much more expensive than comparable AMD's & they work properly (and consistently) with every operating system known to mankind. ----- Original Message ----- From: "hawk" <cyberhawk@home.com> To: "faisal" <fasi74@yahoo.com> Cc: "freebad" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 12:53 AM Subject: Re: AMD Duron > Ok in my psuedo-expert opinion AMD works better with UNIX in general. > Why, i dont know why it just does. (Perhaps Intel is based for Windows, and > AMD > isnt, but thats just speculation =) Anyays AMD is better for me. Better for > the > servers i run, better for the lab i run. =) hope that answers it. > > Also look out for the new AMD chip, something like 5ghz with no fan 4 floating > > points. (i know i thought the 5ghz was a typo too ;) something like $700 > each. Ok i forgot what i was saying.. best to shut up now ;) > > -Hawk > > > faisal wrote: > > > Hello i am going to upgrade to AMD Duron 650 in this good with freebsd ??? > > I can also go for intell pentium III 600 mhz > > so help me out here > > AMD is good for me regarding cost so...........??? > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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