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On 8/20/2005 5:39 AM rjdriver brightened our day with:

>"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message 
>news:lLdLe.119810$gL1.106437@tornado.texas.rr.com...
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>>"Inglo" <ioo@??.¿¿¿> wrote in message
>>news:SGVKe.165$A%3.22@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com
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>>>On 8/11/2005 3:25 PM McGrandpa brightened our day with:
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>>>>Reading up on it, a regular A64, even 4000+, isn't good enough.  AMD
>>>>A64 X2 4800+.  should be good for games.  At this time, I think the
>>>>AMD *IS* worth the money.
>>>>McG.
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>>>What did you read?
>>>I see an X2 4800+ runs for close to $1000, paired with two 7800 GTX
>>>SLI at $600 a piece.  I suppose that would be a good start.
>>>I can't imagine how that could be worth the money.  If I had that I'd
>>>almost certainly need a $2500 monitor to go with it.
>>>Dual/multiple cores are the future.  I'm just not ready for the
>>>future yet.
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>>The recent AMD/Intel dual core stress test over at Toms Hardware.
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>>I've ordered the stuff I want.  For right now, it will be a 939 mobo, AGP, 
>>nForce3 Ultra chipset, 2 gigs PC3200 and I'll use the lowly eVGA 6800 GT 
>>in it :)
>>Steve, know what I'm gonna call it?  My X-Box!!!!  After the X2 of course 
>>;)
>>McG.
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>   The nice thing about the 939 socket is that it allows a lot of growth in 
>CPU power.  From A64 3000+ up to the FX-57.  And it you get a 939 socket MB 
>that also has Duel Core support it will take you even further with the whole 
>x2 series.  Even though there are some questions about the nForce 4 chip 
>set, if I was looking to upgrade from a previous generation Intel or AMD 
>chipset MB  right now, that's probably the path I would take - maybe with an 
>Asus A8N SLI Premium.  That looks to be the most future proof at the moment, 
>for both CPU and Video.
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>   So many choices - so little cash ;-)
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>Bob 
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It'd be nice to buy a motherboard that holds that promise.  It seems 
that for the last several years, the worthwhile choice when upgrading 
has been a new mobo/cpu combination.  I've had an Athlon XP 2500 and an 
nForce2 for 2 years now, while possible, while possible, it's never 
seemed remotely worth it to upgrade the CPU on it, there just isn't 
enough difference between (especially an overclocked) 2500 and a 3200.


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