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I am running the following, with TS4, and whooaaaa is
fast....
ASUS A7V133
AMD Tbird "C" 1.2G/266fsb
256K Mushkin Rev1.5, cas2
WIN2K PRO +SP1
--- Bill Wynne <tradewynne@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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