i am just buying AMDK6/2 450 ($54) and TYAN 1590 M/board ($84) from
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh McCaffrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE runs to slow!
> <snip>
>
> > > >KDE runs very slow. It takes 5 min to update each
>
> > >
> > > That's damned odd.
> > >
> > > >I have a P133/16MB RAM, 500Mb Native and 50Mb Swap
> > > >area.
> > >
> > > Oh, that explains everything.
> > >
> > > P133/16MB RAM
> > > ^ ^
> > > | |
> > > | `-- You intend to run a GUI with this?! Stick to the command
prompt
> > > until
> > > | you've got at least 32. :-)
> > > `------ Ouch. That places your machine squarely in the "desktop
> > > calculator"
> > > bracket in the CPU pecking order. Try something with a bit
more
> > > zip to it. 350MHz is probably a good starting place.
> > >
> > > Take your spending cash for the month, but 48 megs of simms with it,
and
> > > blow
> > > the rest on the fastest AMD chip you can.
>
> Anyone have the dirt on the Evergreen AMD K6-2 upgrade? I'm running a
> P133 also, and have seen the 333-400mhz AMD upgrades for $100-200US w/
> BIOS upgrade. And then there's SO MANY motherboards around, I'm having
> a difficult time choosing one. With all the graphics cards moving from
> PCI to AGP, and ISA being phased out, what should I do? Testimonials
> would be great! i.e: The best MB you've used and Linux compatibility.
> As much info as I can get b4 I buy.
> Thanks!
> -Josh
