Off Topic, AMD 1.4 ghz

Sabre21 · #1 July 4th, 2001, 04:36 PM

Arocities

I would have to disagree with you about having to dump the motherboard, ram, etc when the pentium 4 gets updraded. If its a completely new chip architecture I might believe some of it, but I have upgraded various pentiums from one speed to another with nothing more than popping out the old and in with the new (thats a II to a II). I have stuck with gateway machines for the Last 12 years and have only encountered 1 problem..and that was with a video card back on a 386 that they replaced in 72 hours. Anyways, I now have a 1.7 Ghz machine, and I have seen where this new motherboard, rdram, etc should be able to support upgrades up to the 10Ghz range (within 5 yrs). This was an article I read a couple months back from one of the computer mags comparing pros and cons between Intell and Athlon. I also got the same thing from Gateway that sells machines with either chipset. My biggest reason for staying intel was upgradability and dependability.

Sabre21

Crazy_Dog · #2 July 4th, 2001, 07:31 PM

I have an Tbird at 1.3Ghz with an MSI MB.
It run perfectly 12-20 hours day everiday.
The problem normaly is get a good board and a very good fan.
Also use (MSI have) a program that monitor the temperature of the cpu.

Zanthor · #3 July 5th, 2001, 09:22 PM

I have had an AMD 1 Ghz for 5 months. Always works great for me. Mother board is the most important consideration. Do your homework before buying one.

I think people find problems with both AMD and Intel in their higher end chips because they are not fully tested. I bet I could find just as many unhappy P4 Users. MotherBoards and such take awhile to catch up to the newer chips.

I try to buy mid line fully tested chips. Let other people work out the bugs in the new stuff. Saved me hundreds in extra costs.