When programs use it properly... probably CAD or 3D rendering software..
-----Original Message-----
From: John Ferlito [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 3:35 PM
To: CaT
Cc: DaZZa; George Vieira; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: Re: [SLUG] OT - Processor advice
On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 03:17:05PM +1000, CaT wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 02:46:59PM +1000, DaZZa wrote:
> > On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, George Vieira wrote:
> >
> > > they are short on pentium III 700 Mhz CPUs and would I like an AMD
Duron or
> > > Athlon instead?
> >
> > Go the Athlon - the Duron is AMD's version of the Celeron - I.E. it's a
> > little short on things a server needs, like FPU performance.
When does a server need FPU performance?
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John
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