Re: Which computer to buy ?
Lars Knudsen wrote:
>
> hzi@uol.com.br wrote:
> >
> > Hello, Antonio!
> >
> > IMHO, you should buy Intel, since AMD chips don't do floating
> > point operations adequately (these are important in graphics), unless you
>
> This was true years ago but is certainly not true anymore.
> The AMD Duron and Thunderbird chips are at least as good as
> a PIII and very much better than the P4. The P4 is only
> worthwhile if you have applications that are specifically
> optimized for it and as far as I know no such applications
> exists for Linux.
>
A recent article in The COmputer Paper (you could find it in
www.canadacomputes.com. I think) found the Athlon 1.2 whipped the P4 in
virtually every test category. And it's less than half the price,
especially when you add memory into the equation.
--
Cam Ellison Ph.D. R.Psych.
>From Roberts Creek on B.C.'s incomparable Sunshine Coast
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