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Stupid Question?

  • 09-02-2000 08:58PM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,241
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    Athlon 600 or P3 600.
    Don't laugh, I'm only going using it for games, so which one. I know I shouldn't have to ask this question, but, like the video cards, I need to be 100% sure. It is after all, my (parents) money sunglasses.gif


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,241 Steven
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    Hello? sunglasses.gif


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,313 Paladin
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    hi


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,313 Paladin
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    Go for the 600mhz one


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,241 Steven
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    Rofl sunglasses.gif


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 BugBlaster
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    THE athlon one mate....
    In most 3Dmark tests they knock the socks off the pentium III
    ask anyone... oh you did... ummm yeah athlons the one. its the one im waiting for too. smile.gif
    mon sutty smile.gif
    u da man



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 488 Sonic
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    www.overclockers.co.uk , get a nice athlon on the cheap


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,241 Steven
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    Tnx 4 de site there Sonic & Tnx Bug 4 lettin me know. I just needed 2 be sure. Better sfe thn sorry, or something. nywy, the first letter key hs stopped working so I'll type this & only use it once. I prob would've gone 4 the thlon n-e-wey coz they're erm, less deer. Heh, see? told u i could do it sunglasses.gif

    [This message has been edited by Steven (edited 09-02-2000).]


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,657 OSiriS
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    Just one piece of advice...Make sure it is a copper-mine athlon, the other is a piece of **** in comparison, although stil a decent chip

    www.csn.ul.ie/~osiris


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,189 _CreeD_
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    You mean .18 Micron Copper Interconnect Athlons.

    "CopperMine" is the core of the latest Pentium III's (And no copper in sight....)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,521 Gerry
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    error: AMD incompatibility detected, exiting program.

    The athlon might be the better chip on paper but games like quake 3 are more optimized for the p3. ie they run slightly faster on a p3 and you get to support Irish industry. Also the athlon chip might be cheaper but the motherboards are a lot more expensive and unstable and you have to get a 300 watt high quality power supply. So take that all into consideration, if you want. Thats my 2 cents


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,669 Blitzkrieger
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    In theory since the Pentium 3 has special "3D" instructions it should way out-perform the athlon. The fact is no-one takes advantage of these instructions and the Pentium comes second on price AND performance.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,316 ButcherOfNog
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    i knew someone from athlon, bit of a git, i'd go for the intel


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,099 WhiteWashMan
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    athlone = westmeath
    intel = kildare

    athlone + intel = boggers

    go for the home made jobbie


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,484 El_Presidente
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    But Intel is in Leixlip which is basicly just a suburb of Dublin.

    Umm.... SO its LESS bogger like.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,099 WhiteWashMan
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    ive overclocked my watch. it now tells the time 20% faster


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,207 MindPhuck
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    So does that mean you have an advantage over other players when playing? since your living in the future, your allready at red armour and railed me twice in the head. In the mean-time, Im only respawning.. Deadly!! I gotta set my watch!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,099 WhiteWashMan
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    eassy eric, its not that great, i have to have a 20 gallon water cooler to keep the thing running.
    but its true about the railgun.
    btw, where is the red armour?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,189 _CreeD_
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    Yup, but the Athlon has 3dNow (Which is used a fair bit) and 3dNow2 (Not used outside of 3dmark2000 as far as I've seen).

    They don't run on BX boards. AMD 750/751 chipset or a hybrid AMD 750 and VIA.

    Rambus does help with high speed graphics when you're dealing with High-res textures. Then it's bad latency isn't a prob. and it's bandwidth comes into it's own. Also the Hub architecture on the I820/40 helps keep the system from being clogged by providing multiple dedicated routes between some of the hardware.
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    Ps. Everyone knows you'd need to increase your armour voltage to use the rail gun twice in advanced reality mode...Sheesh...



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,521 Gerry
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    I wasn't suggesting that the athlon runs on a bx board. That would disable the cross modulation feature.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,241 Steven
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    I should've mentioned bout it being p@rt of @ g@tew@y system. No bo@rds necess@ry. I would've gone 4 the @thlon, but ure @ll @fter confusing me now. B@stids smile.gif. C@n't ye just give me @ str8 @nswer smile.gif? Just @ 1 word post next pleez. Yes or no?
    P.S. P@l@din, When I s@y one word, I me@n either the word yes, or the word no, No sm@rt@ss @nswers sunglasses.gif


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,313 Paladin
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    yes


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,313 Paladin
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    no


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,313 Paladin
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    yes


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,313 Paladin
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    no?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,241 Steven
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    *sigh* I s@w th@t coming @ mile @w@y sunglasses.gif


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,241 Steven
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    Yay, "A" buttons workin again, only needed a new keyboard sunglasses.gif


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,189 _CreeD_
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    But, they are more stable, better overclockers. And you get to support the underdog.... smile.gif

    If you get the latest BIOS for an Asus K7m it's grand. And it's a great motherboard feature wise, if a little more expensive than your average BX board.

    And bear in mind most of the P-III Cu benchmarks nowadays are done on I820/40 RamBus systems. With Rambus sticks that would set you back the cost of a couple of CPU's. The boards themselves are nearly as expensive as Athlon boards.

    Athlons trounce P-III Klamaths and Cu cores using SDRAM.

    The only major incompatibility you have nowadays is having to use a Geforce card in AGP 1x mode. Though benchmarks have shown this not to be an issue.

    [This message has been edited by _CreeD_ (edited 10-02-2000).]


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,521 Gerry
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    Rambus actually slows the p3 down. If you look at a coppermine 500@750 on a bx board compared to an athlon 750 it will have better graphics performance and better quake3 performance


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,241 Steven
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    Can I take ure silence as a yes or have I somehow inadvertently locked out all relevant post only allowing spam and Ultra-Paladin-Spam in? sunglasses.gif


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,313 Paladin
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    Sssssssshhhh. Be quiet.

    Yes/no u cant take that to be it. It means I know ure gonna get the athalon regardless of what anyone says. But not for a few years at the rate u seem to decide. It was the video card u asked about last week. The chip this week. If this continues , ram, bios, motherboard, monitor, mouse, keyboard, soundcard, modem. Thats another 7 weeks. Just close ure eyes, put a dart in an ad page for pc's, and BUY IT! It cant be worse than ure 15 fps and 300 ping one at present.

    And as the monty python crew say: "we got spam, spam and more spam! Spam 'n sauseges, spam 'n eggs, spam 'n spam."
    smile.gifsmile.gifsmile.gifsmile.gifsmile.gifsmile.gifsmile.gifsmile.gif


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