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I'm certainly not qualified tech wise to argue one over the other but:
A) I've run TS on both Intel (since 386) and AMD since 486 vintage machines:
No problem at all on the AMD's regardless of what Omega says, and FWIW that
old AMD 486 is still working just fine for my kid.
B) Many (if not most) things I've read say the Athlon is a *better
chip,* not just cheaper, than the P4.
C) Look at the charts of AMD and INTC if you want a "put your money
where your mouth is" comparison since the new Athlons and the P4's
hit the market.
Some would have you believe Intel is the only quality choice. That
seems blind brand loyalty to me. It's a two horse race now, and IMHO
that's a good thing.
BW
>From: ribau@xxxxxxxxxxx
>To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: the ideal computer for tradestation...
>Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 19:28:11 -0700
>
>...i don't want to get into a pissing contest re AMD vs P4 either ...i
>thought about going AMD, but thought again, whatsa a hundred bucks saved?
>as far as i know, TS2Ki is only certified to run on INTC products, so
>whatsa a hundred bucks saved? ...itz a non-issue, dependz how you roll it
>
> >>...I went AMD last
> >>year, but found that 2 different motherboards for AMD had BIOS problems
>that
> >>made W2K and certain HDD's troublesome in multiple hard drive
> >>configurations. There were about 6 bios upgrade releases over an 8
>month
> >>period and after 2 weeks of messing around, I gave up and went all Intel
> >>with 815 chipset. Now, 6 mo later, its probably all better, but for the
> >>cost difference back then I just couldn't go with my computer guy's
> >>preference for the supposed faster performance of AMD. Intel has been
> >>totally trouble-free for my trading hardware, the single most important
> >>criterion for me. If it were gaming, or other internet activity, I'd
> >>probably have stuck with AMD.
> >>just my 0.02
> >>NHBob
>
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