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April 10th, 2001, 11:14 PM
#16
I have also read that some thunderbirds 1ghz and 1.3ghz with a production code of AXIA can be overclocked to 1.5ghz+
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April 13th, 2001, 08:41 AM
#17
I've decided to buy a pentium 3 800MHZ, is that a good computer for Office, games for my kids and internet?
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April 13th, 2001, 10:55 AM
#18
Originally posted by jadepeony:
I've decided to buy a pentium 3 800MHZ, is that a good computer for Office, games for my kids and internet?
Yes, that should run nice and solid for you and save you enough money to put a little extra into a really good video for the games.
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April 13th, 2001, 11:03 AM
#19
Thanks for your help, very helpful forum!
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April 16th, 2001, 09:44 PM
#20
pentium 4 is going to be much better next year because they will be run on fcpga2
and windows xp should have better support for them.
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April 20th, 2001, 09:33 AM
#21
I worked where i had the opportunity to work with both Intel Chips and AMD Chips. After many months of testing (my way of testing is playing games and doing everyday things) on a P3 933 as a personal system and my current system a T-Bird 900 I found that AMD was always much faster and didn't give me errors in games like the Intel would. I would say that AMD is now the better choice but not a lot of apps need that much power anyways. I do like the ASUS A7V thats what I use because of the onboard ATA100. Its nice to start my system and 15 seconds later its in windows. the p3 never could do that.
Current System Specs:
T-Bird 900
Asus A7V w/ata100 onboard
384 Pc-100 SDRam
30 gig Western Digital 7200 ATA100
Voodoo 4 4500 AGP 4x
Turtle Beach Santa Cruiz Sound Card w/6 speaker Output.
Windows 98se
I wonder what happens when I push this button. . . . . .
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April 20th, 2001, 04:52 PM
#22
I would buy amd but i dont know if it will overheat like i've heard from some people and another question, is amd thunderbird and amd k7 thunderbird the same thing?
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April 20th, 2001, 05:05 PM
#23
Yes they are the same thing.
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April 20th, 2001, 05:15 PM
#24
is amd duron better than intel p3?
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April 21st, 2001, 03:05 AM
#25
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April 21st, 2001, 07:24 AM
#26
Its a hard decision for me, can anybody list their computer spec, and tell me if their computer's performance is good or bad
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April 21st, 2001, 08:07 AM
#27
Registered User
Originally posted by jadepeony:
Its a hard decision for me, can anybody list their computer spec, and tell me if their computer's performance is good or bad
OK, I'll humor you. Here's my computer's spec: P2/233,64MB,10GB,Matrox G200. My computer's performance is good.
Do yourself a favour and flip a coin. You can't go wrong with either IMHO. Just make sure you use a quality approved power supply and heatsink/fan and you'll be fine.
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April 21st, 2001, 11:18 AM
#28
Is a ddr memory better than sdram?
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April 21st, 2001, 11:42 PM
#29
Registered User
Originally posted by jadepeony:
Is a ddr memory better than sdram?
Although ddr is a better performer it still doesnt out way the cost involved. Since both the board and ram must support it, also your limited to quite a few boards. For your purposes the money is better invested in the video card.
if you want to search for low prices on parts in canadian dollars try www.computers-canada.com (and its all canadian retailers)
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April 21st, 2001, 11:44 PM
#30
Registered User
Also I would stay away from P4s if I were you. for three reasons
1) Price is to high
2) Performance isnt anything special, Thunderbird wil run it in to the ground
3) It will all go obsolete when the new P4s come out since intel is reworking the interface between the chip and the board.
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