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In a message dated 12/9/99 2:40:10 PM Pacific Standard Time,
jstratmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Athelon is a decent chip but I'm an Intel guy. Besides I do software
> design and as a hobby, 3D Graphics/Animation - the PIII series has the best
> floating point/MMX support that I've seen...so far.
Maybe Intel has better gaming support, but the Athlon is still faster, clock
for clock, plus is available in a higher clock speed. The Athlon is also just
beginning to get it's wind at current speeds, while the Pentium is wheezing
on it's last legs. It needs 133 mhz memory and FSB speeds to almost keep up
with Athlon at 100 mhz fsb speed and memory. Kyrotech is selling/developing
Athlons super-cooled to 900-1000 mhz if you really need fast.
> > Abit BP6 (Retail Box) - ATA 66 support * 2- 3 DAY WAIT * with cpu - dual
> > Celeron 366 PPGA at550 each total 1100MHz w/Global Win CPM 32
> > Heatsink fans,
> > 3DIMM 1 AGP,5PCI,2ISA $ 335
>
> * ABIT is a good motherboard - they are a "overclockers dream*. I prefer
> ASUS, consider them the cadillac but I dont overclock :)
ABIT's are not known for their stability, so that's probably something you
want to avoid unless you like lots of gaps in your data.
> * I would recommend at least 128mg RAM. Buy this system with the intention
> of running Windows 2000. I use Windows 2000 at home as I do software
> development and LOVE IT. I've crashed NT plenty of times (never crashed
> linux ONCE yet btw) but Windows 2k has been extremely stable and I like the
> User INterface. As it's based on NT it requires a good amount of RAM. If
> you really want to step up your system, like I upgraded mine, get a
> motherboard (or add-on SCSI card) that supports SCSI (Narrow, Wide and
> Ultra-Wide) and buy a Seagate Cheatah SCSI Hard Drive (or a competitor) I
> like the Cheatahs because, well they are necessary for video editing and
> dont have thermal-recalibration (thats hard to find and kinda expensive)
> You dont necessarily need the Cheatah line for a SCSI hard drive but I like
> them. You cant get a faster HD system unless you go RAID. The best EIDE
> Hard drive imho is the IBM Deskstar series - stick with a drive of 7400 (or
> is it 7500rpm) or more.
SCSI is not likely to give you a noticeable benefit unless you use a 10,000
rpm drive like the Cheetah. That comes with it's own set of problems (noise,
cooling). Fast IDE drives run 7200 rpm. I believe Quantum is the current
benchmark king.
> Someone mentioned they've been reading up on this and get only 50%
> performance increase on 2nd CPU - this is NOT true. (Hope that didnt come
> across wrong). But for reasons as explained earlier you should see a
LINEAR
> performance increase as CPUs are added.
I've never seen a real benchmark that supports this statement in SMP
(symmetrical multiprocessing) configuration, even on multi-million dollar
Alphas. I suppose it's possible to write a synthetic program that would come
close, but I've never heard of it in the real world. MPP (massively parallel
processing) is a different story, but you might need a couple million bucks
for a nice Pyramid or something like that.
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