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On Wed, 10 Jan 2001 11:17:17 -0500, you wrote: >Grab your Phillips, it's... >The Latest from The Screwdriver List! > > >I have a Athlon system with the Asus A7V motherboard the performance is very >good and the processor its self cost less >than a Pentium 3 but it is not as easy to configure as the Pentium 3 and >because of this I am now finding out that the Athlon >system cost just as much to build as the Pentium 3 having to buy a power >supply it must be very good and the bigger the better >they don't come to good or to big for an Athlon and the motherboards chipset >don't like cas 3 ram it wants the best and fastest ram cas 2 Crucial To some >people the little extra speed may be worth it but to me it is not so if the >extra speed is worth it to you thank about an athlon and a Asus A7V >Motherboard and some good ram cas 2 and a very good power supply like >enermax or the turbo cool 450 from pc power and cooling. if not thank about >a Pentium 3 coppermine >133MHz bus and the Intel D815EEA motherboard . And as fare as playing games >you can play just about any game on the planet with an Intel Pentium 2 >233MHz So a 733MHz or 866MHz should work for a long time what will help is a >good processor and a fast video card TNT2 sounds good. and 128MB ram. well >that's What I thank after building my system that. > > > I don't know what you are talking about. Any decent 300 or larger, watt power supply will do for an Athlon and cas2 Crucial RAM costs only $5 more than cas3. With the current price of RAM why wouldn't you get as much and as fast as possible. You don't save much if you don't. Buy an Antec case and get a quality powersupply as a throw in. The A7V was a first generation Tbird board. It was good but plagued with problems most of which were cured with bios updates. I have one and am quite happy with it. It requires careful setup but once properly set up it runs like a champ. At first I had my FSB miss set and this caused me no end of problems. But once I found out my mistake and corrected it, I have had no problems since. It does require a good heatsink and HSF. So I disagree with you. The PIII is dead. the AthlonXP is as fast as the PIV and is much cheaper. Why would you run anything else. Unless I wanted to use my computer as a multimedia center with Stereo and TV mixed in. Then I would use a PIII because it runs cooler and doesn't require such noisy fans. You could then keep it in the same room with your home entertainment equipotent and not be disturbed by the noise. But for performance the Athlon kicks Penitum butt. Mike >----- Original Message ----- >From: "WildCat! Sysop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Multiple recipients of The_Screwdriver_List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 1:55 AM >Subject: From The Screwdriver List: Gamepad and joysticks > > >> Grab your Phillips, it's... >> The Latest from The Screwdriver List! >> >> >> Thanks, with what John said the Athlon sounds like the best pick then. I >> already have a TNT2 video card and had picked up a SB live card for sound. >> What joystick do you like? >> >> Peter >> >> >> >From: "The Chief" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >To: Multiple recipients of The_Screwdriver_List ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >Subject: From The Screwdriver List: Pentium, Athlon, or Duron?? >> >Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 09:33:27 -0600 >> > >> > >> >Peter, I would favor the Athlon or Pentium 3 for serious gaming -- but, >> >like >> >John says, performance depends just as much on other factors, like the >> >amount of memory you install. Also, I can't stress enough the importance >> >of >> >a cutting-edge video card for a machine that's devoted primarily to >games! >> >I'd invest in at least a TNT2 or Voodoo 3 card -- they're still more than >> >capable with today's games -- but if you're looking for a card that will >> >take you the long haul and you can afford it, the GeForce 2 is superb. >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> That's all for now from The Screwdriver List >> "Red Stripe to Pin 1" >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> >> >> >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >That's all for now from The Screwdriver List >"Red Stripe to Pin 1" >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ That's all for now from The Screwdriver List "Red Stripe to Pin 1" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
