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This is the response that I think everone needs to think about. Win 98 was a
total dog and things are much much better with Win2000 and more memory, but,
AMD is an issue that has to be thought about by everyone. I work at
Honeywell as a subcontractor, 2 years ago I worked on a commercial aircraft
LAN program. The engineer responsible for installing the software on our
servers said he wouldn't waste his time with AMD. It's worth considering his
point of view. He had seen too much flakiness.
Another important point is just how much demands are we placing on our
system. When I talk about my system occasionally hanging I'm thinking about
running 2400 stocks in a radarscreen and a personal indicator. Not exactly
light duty.
Jim Bronke
Phoenix, AZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Griffin" <jack_2231@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Jim Bronke" <jvbronke@xxxxxxxx>; "Dale Andren" <dale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
<omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 6:59 AM
Subject: Re: time to compare processors again
>
> --- Jim Bronke <jvbronke@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > but that isn't my question. Is AMD really reliable
> > now? Some people are
> > having to reinstall their SW.
> >
>
> I am using an AMD chip and my system crashes too
> often. The fastest TS processor you can buy is an AMD
> 1.4 GHZ. However, INTC has 90% of the market, and
> everything is designed to work with it. AMD cpus need
> a special power supply and cooling system to be
> stable. Engineering tolerances (voltages, temps,
> etc.) are smaller. Even if you want to spend the time
> to get your cards working correctly, AMD systems are
> not stable enough for trading purposes IMO. But if
> you do go with AMD, get IWILL --- avoid ABIT
> motherboards. Let me know if this does not answer
> your question.
>
> Jack
>
>
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