Just curious
I use an AMD K6-3 400.
I know this is an older slower chip, but
it appears to run decently with 7.0-2.
Is K6-3 a cousin to the Pentium or Pentium3?
Is the Athlon a totally new architecture or
more related to the K6-3?
Sorry for the 100000000000 questions.
On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> Greg Stewart wrote:
> >
> > Don't know of any links to check, but I do know that Gateway's implemetation
> > of the Athlon chip can be flaky--even under Windows98.
> >
> > --Greg
> >
> > >>> Forwarded Message <<<
> > I'm in the market for a new machine . . . . and I am seriously considering
> > the AMD chip . . . .
>
> I have had good success with the Athlon chips (they are
> *faaaaaaaaaaaast*) but I have the following caveats:
>
> The Athlon chip is probably the most motherboard sensitive CPU I've ever
> worked with (which would make sense given the speeds we're running at
> now).
>
> *Generally* speaking, avoid boards that don't have the AMD chipsets (I
> suspect the above mentioned Gateway doesn't have one). ALSO - don't buy
> an Asus K7M - this board was an unmitigated disaster, owing in large
> part to Asus' decision (who was responsible for this?) to *mix* North
> and South bridges from AMD and Via. In many configurations this board is
> plain unusable - I know enough people who were unable to get even Linux
> and FreeBSD to run on it.
>
> I have now set up two machines on the Asus K7V with good success (this
> board has an all VIA chipset). The units are speedy and very stable.
> This is one of those cases where it pays to heed AMDs recommended
> motherboard list.
>
> Having said that, I would definitely choose an Athlon over an Intel. AMD
> has really closed the gap. These processors are solid performers.
>
> -Stephen-
