> Money u spent spent on ur current configuration (all approx)-
> PIII 450 - Rs. 12,000
Make that 10,300 for chip.
> Slot I M/B - Rs. 4,000
MAke that Via BX available at 3,300
> S3 AGP/8MB - Rs. 1800
Right.
> If I had Rs. 17,800, i would get -
> AMD K6-2/450 - Rs. 3,200
Even if it was not available in the market at all? Would you have it
flown in.
Try it in the market now and let me have it...
> 2) I get to play Glquake w/o hassles.
> 3) I get Graphic Frambe Buffer with acceleration.
> 4) I get to use DRI on X.
There are applications, I have heard from people, likes of system
administrators, in IIT Bombay that get stuck on AMD chip.
> Any comments?
Many. Foremost is that you have not tried buying a PC while being based
in Pune.
> [if there is anything wrong in the calculation, it is my accounting
> teachers fault and not mine]
A typical sentence.
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