amd thunderbird

[mpepple]

i have heard all sorts of great things about new amd chips and how they surpass the pentium chips...

a guy is selling a pc with the amd thuderbird chip for ridiculously cheap. anyone know how the thunderbird chip compares?

gracias,

matt

[Punkass]

Great chip! what speed? be careful of the motherboards that have the older KT133A VIA chipset, as there have been major problems with them(including mine). I suggest getting a EPoX 8KHA+. A very nice board. What is the exact price you are being offered?

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Punkass

aka Gelan Hopkins

"WHAT? YOU HAVE TO YELL
INTO MY GOOD EAR!!"

[Punkass]

here's a good review of the new Athlon XP chips.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1554&p=4

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Punkass

aka Gelan Hopkins

"WHAT? YOU HAVE TO YELL
INTO MY GOOD EAR!!"

[mpepple]

i think it was this one: AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz FSB266

it seems that i remember reading that it was outperforming the pentium chips. i could very well be wrong.

matt

[Nunya Bidni]

Originally posted by mpepple:
i think it was this one: AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz FSB266

it seems that i remember reading that it was outperforming the pentium chips. i could very well be wrong.

matt

Walking past the P4s, for sure, at least today.

I've been running a 1.2GHz /200MHz FSB Thunderbird for about a year now, on a EpoX EP-8KTA3 motherboard. It's been blazing fast and completely solid, for everything from gaming to mangling huge wave files. I couldn't be happier.

[Styrerra]

I would go for it.

And I have a P3. But don't blame us if you do get burned.

Ask him if he is upgrading himself. If he says to a P4 than he's a gamer and more likely you will get a good deal.

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