On Apr 15, 11:47*am, "D-unit" wrote:
Actually we needed another workstation
here at work rather quickly ( for my new replacement)
Im keeping a desk and my pc here for the time being.
I went up to the TigerDirect store in North Raleigh
Sunday to see what they had.

I got:

Acer Veriton M410
Windoze Xp Pro SPII
1GB DDRII
AMD Sempron 3800+
160GB SATA
Built in video/LAN/sound

Brand new, not a refurb.

$379.00 plus tax.

After 2 hours of downloading/installing "updates"
...She works fine.

db

After studying and then the advice of a real, genuine person that is
degreed and works in the IT field (not plays one in rec.boats!), I
also went with the AMD chip. It consitently clocks faster than Intel
chips of the same variety. Never had a problem with it.

On Apr 15, 1:29*pm, wrote:
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:57:31 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
After studying and then the advice of a real, genuine person that is
degreed and works in the IT field (not plays one in rec.boats!), I
also went with the AMD chip. It consitently clocks faster than Intel
chips of the same variety. Never had a problem with it.

I have been migrating my fleet over to the AMD 3800s too. They do seem
plenty fast but I am running about a half a gig less software than
most folks (W98). I do notice my audio and video edits go a lot
quicker tho.
When my wife wins her solitaire game the cards really fly out of the
stack * *;-)

I am using XP at the house desktop that has the AMD chip. It's got a
hot shot video card because I use FlightSim on it and don't like
choppy graphics when I'm flying a 737 in ILS conditions!

Cool... another FS nut! I've been at it for a while, and have tested for MS
since 5.1.

--Mike

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On Apr 15, 1:29 pm, wrote:
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:57:31 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
After studying and then the advice of a real, genuine person that is
degreed and works in the IT field (not plays one in rec.boats!), I
also went with the AMD chip. It consitently clocks faster than Intel
chips of the same variety. Never had a problem with it.

I have been migrating my fleet over to the AMD 3800s too. They do seem
plenty fast but I am running about a half a gig less software than
most folks (W98). I do notice my audio and video edits go a lot
quicker tho.
When my wife wins her solitaire game the cards really fly out of the
stack ;-)

I am using XP at the house desktop that has the AMD chip. It's got a
hot shot video card because I use FlightSim on it and don't like
choppy graphics when I'm flying a 737 in ILS conditions!

On Apr 16, 12:44*am, "Mike" wrote:
Cool... another FS nut! I've been at it for a while, and have tested for MS
since 5.1.

--Mike

Yeah, it's cool. MS-X sure takes a lot of graphics power to run
smoothly if you've got scenery setup to be realistic! We'll have to
set up and fly together some weekend!

wrote:
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:57:31 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

After studying and then the advice of a real, genuine person that is
degreed and works in the IT field (not plays one in rec.boats!), I
also went with the AMD chip. It consitently clocks faster than Intel
chips of the same variety. Never had a problem with it.


I have been migrating my fleet over to the AMD 3800s too. They do seem
plenty fast but I am running about a half a gig less software than
most folks (W98). I do notice my audio and video edits go a lot
quicker tho.
When my wife wins her solitaire game the cards really fly out of the
stack ;-)


For most users, the noticeable differences come with faster hard drives,
more powerful video cards, and more RAM. The benchmark differences
between competitive CPUs is, for the most part, minor.

On Apr 15, 3:34*pm, Gene Kearns
wrote:
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:57:31 -0700 (PDT), penned
the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:





On Apr 15, 11:47*am, "D-unit" wrote:
Actually we needed another workstation
here at work rather quickly ( for my new replacement)
Im keeping a desk and my pc here for the time being.
I went up to the TigerDirect store in North Raleigh
Sunday to see what they had.

I got:

Acer Veriton M410
Windoze Xp Pro SPII
1GB DDRII
AMD Sempron 3800+
160GB SATA
Built in video/LAN/sound

Brand new, not a refurb.

$379.00 plus tax.

After 2 hours of downloading/installing "updates"
...She works fine.

db

After studying and then the advice of a real, genuine person that is
degreed and works in the IT field (not plays one in rec.boats!), I
also went with the AMD chip. It consitently clocks faster than Intel
chips of the same variety. Never had a problem with it.

I haven't owned an Intel chip since my first experiences with AMD....

--

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepagehttp://pamandgene.idleplay.net/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguidehttp://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *- Hide quoted text -

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At one time, several years ago, like 12 or so, there was a problem
with Autocad related to the AMD. I actually had the problem, or else
I'd find it hard to believe! No problems now with autocad, Revit,
STAAD, or any software that I know of.

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On Apr 15, 3:34 pm, Gene Kearns
wrote:
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:57:31 -0700 (PDT), penned
the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:





On Apr 15, 11:47 am, "D-unit" wrote:
Actually we needed another workstation
here at work rather quickly ( for my new replacement)
Im keeping a desk and my pc here for the time being.
I went up to the TigerDirect store in North Raleigh
Sunday to see what they had.

I got:

Acer Veriton M410
Windoze Xp Pro SPII
1GB DDRII
AMD Sempron 3800+
160GB SATA
Built in video/LAN/sound

Brand new, not a refurb.

$379.00 plus tax.

After 2 hours of downloading/installing "updates"
...She works fine.

db

After studying and then the advice of a real, genuine person that is
degreed and works in the IT field (not plays one in rec.boats!), I
also went with the AMD chip. It consitently clocks faster than Intel
chips of the same variety. Never had a problem with it.

I haven't owned an Intel chip since my first experiences with AMD....

--

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepagehttp://pamandgene.idleplay.net/

Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguidehttp://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats - Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

At one time, several years ago, like 12 or so, there was a problem
with Autocad related to the AMD. I actually had the problem, or else
I'd find it hard to believe! No problems now with autocad, Revit,
STAAD, or any software that I know of.

______


That is hard to believe, obviously something to do with the
math co-processor.

db

On Apr 15, 4:43*pm, "D-unit" wrote:
wrote in ...

On Apr 15, 3:34 pm, Gene Kearns
wrote:





On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:57:31 -0700 (PDT), penned
the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Apr 15, 11:47 am, "D-unit" wrote:
Actually we needed another workstation
here at work rather quickly ( for my new replacement)
Im keeping a desk and my pc here for the time being.
I went up to the TigerDirect store in North Raleigh
Sunday to see what they had.

I got:

Acer Veriton M410
Windoze Xp Pro SPII
1GB DDRII
AMD Sempron 3800+
160GB SATA
Built in video/LAN/sound

Brand new, not a refurb.

$379.00 plus tax.

After 2 hours of downloading/installing "updates"
...She works fine.

db

After studying and then the advice of a real, genuine person that is
degreed and works in the IT field (not plays one in rec.boats!), I
also went with the AMD chip. It consitently clocks faster than Intel
chips of the same variety. Never had a problem with it.

I haven't owned an Intel chip since my first experiences with AMD....

--

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepagehttp://pamandgene.idleplay.net/

Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguidehttp://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

At one time, several years ago, like 12 or so, there was a problem
with Autocad related to the AMD. I actually had the problem, or else
I'd find it hard to believe! No problems now with autocad, Revit,
STAAD, or any software that I know of.

______

That is hard to believe, *obviously something to do with the
math co-processor.

db- Hide quoted text -

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I believe it was, and yes, I found it very hard to believe at the
time.