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On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 13:12, Stephan Uphoff wrote:
> You might want to upgrade to an Athlon with a 512K L2 cache.
>    Example:  AMD Athlon XP 2500+ 1.83GHz 333FSB 512KB - $80 + Free shipping
&gt;    <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80170-R";>http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80170-R</a>
&gt; 
&gt; &gt; I'm looking in the lates dirty magazine (Computer User).  We call them
&gt; &gt; the dirty magazine because of the lust they create. I guess I can get an
&gt; &gt; XP-2400+ for $74.99 and a PIV 2.4 for $145.99  Is there any difference
&gt; &gt; that warrants double price?
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 06:06, Geoffrey wrote:
&gt; &gt; &gt; Marvin Dickens wrote:
&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;&gt;&gt; It does not, the P4s, especially the celerons are dogs.  I have a
&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;&gt;&gt; 1.8 GHz celeron and I swear my 800 MHz Athlon runs rings around
&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;&gt;&gt; it. I've been underwhelmed by the p4 since there were introduced.
&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;&gt;&gt; Any processor that is slower per clock tick than the previous
&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;&gt;&gt; generation has something dreadfully wrong.  If you must do P4,
&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;&gt;&gt; get a real one, not the celeron.
&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;&gt; 
&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;&gt; Thanks.  It looks as if I'll be skipping the system due to the
&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;&gt; Intel tax.  The XP must be better.
&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; FWIW, I always go with AMD. The only disadvantage I know of is that 
&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; AMD processors are destroyed in the event of an unnoticed CPU fan
&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; failure occurs. OTOH, the Intel chips automatically shut themselves
&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; down when a fan failure occurs and the temperature rises too high.
&gt; &gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; &gt; They now have athlon mb that will shutdown in the same way.  I've got 
&gt; &gt; &gt; two, but I've not tested it. :)
&gt; &gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; 
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