Your honest comments please - PIII or Athlon?

[hive-mind]

Yes of course AMD rules the scene now and prob. for a long while, i mean the Duron (Celeron Killer) just released, and the Thunderbird and Spitfire are on there way. Even now there are talks of 2GHZ AMD CPUs that will be runnin @ 64-bit. But of course people are saying why do people need 64-bit on a desktop. Well I say the same reason we needed people like nVIDIA to come out with the 256-bit GPU that has now takin over the graphics scene for the PC. Yesterday it was Intel and 3dfx/S3 running the scene. Now it's AMD and nVIDIA doing it, and not only are they on top but they've outdone them selves and the competition which is good to see finally. SOME REAL Friggin` competition in the PC World!

[gizmo1_1]

I am currently using an Athalon 800 at my office with a quad boot configuration.
98, NT, 2000pro, and Red-hat 6.1 all perform excellently. I have yet to have a problem with the system. For years I have been strictly Intel.. I have had AMD machines for the past two years. Even overclocked they run solid. Just like Intel you will need to make sure you have a solid chipset.

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[bdunn]

Don't knock PC Chips. In fact they made AMDs recommended MB list for the Athlon CPU.

I've setup lots of sysems with PC Chips boards and while they're not going to give you killer performance on games and things they make good budget boards even if they are sometimes finicky setting them up.

[Northstar]

Originally posted by bdunn:
Don't knock PC Chips. In fact they made AMDs recommended MB list for the Athlon CPU.

I've setup lots of sysems with PC Chips boards and while they're not going to give you killer performance on games and things they make good budget boards even if they are sometimes finicky setting them up.

They make good bottle necks and money makers they go bad you can sell the customer a new one $59 wholesale and retail it for $99 good deal NOT!

[perkinsr]

For about $225 you can get an AMD Duron 600 and and ASUS Socket A motherboard and have the ability to upgrade to a Thunderbird when the prices come down.