[geeks] eek

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did I just hear "Whine, my athlon overclocked by almost 500 megahurts runs
hot and isn't that stable, WHINE"?
	Nick

On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Zach Malone wrote:

> In some cases that is true, however, in many cases, it is due to the memory
> being not quite standard.  I never had problems using Mushkin, Crucial, and
> other name brands, but I have heard it is a problem.  In terms of the
> question regarding processors, the dual P3 600s will offer a more "smooth"
> feeling when you are running applications which support SMP (Like Photoshop)
> and when you are doing multiple things at a time, but peak speeds will be
> slower (fewer FPS in games, longer filter times in Photoshop, etc.).
> Personally, I would go for the dual P3s, I have a dual P3 800 machine and an
> Athlon 1ghz @ 1.466 ghz machines, and I must say, the Slot-1/FC-PPGA
> hardware is substantially more stable (and cooler) then the Athlon hardware.
> At present, most people disagree with that, but the extra 400mhz you can
> pull off the Athlon processer just is not worth the assosiated Via based
> instabilities IMHO.
>     Zach
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Nicewonger" <twmaster at twmaster.com>
> To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 4:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [geeks] eek
> 
> 
> >
> > >
> > > Let me put it this way.  2 out of 2 PC100 dimms had trouble.  But the
> > > "PC66" sdram dimm in it works fine.  I don't know.  And at 85 for a new
> > > board and CPU at nearly 4 times the speed, I don't really care.
> > >
> > I do know from my days as a PeeCee repair d00d that some machines will
> barf all
> > over themselves if you try to put PC100 in them.
> >
> > -Mike N
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