Comment Re:Packard Bell's replacement (Score 1) 163
What's the big deal with non-Intel processors and chipsets? Sure, I'll grant that early AMD's weren't that great (ie, their 486's and earlier) but AMD has come a long way since then. They've been making significant advances and when their proc's come out to the market, they're cheaper than Intel and faster. I have several K6-2 systems and a Athlon system. I also have a P3/450 that just loves crashing out in Win98 (not my OS of choice, but...) and it runs slower than a street sweeper under Linux, where my Athlon just roasts everything I can find to compete with it.
Cyrix on the other hand just plain sucks. I got suckered into buying some of their 6x86's and that was the worst processor I've ever seen.
Cyrix is definately on my sh*t list, but I think AMD has the jump on Intel as far as speed and price goes.
Just my $0.02.
djx.
Cyrix on the other hand just plain sucks. I got suckered into buying some of their 6x86's and that was the worst processor I've ever seen.
Cyrix is definately on my sh*t list, but I think AMD has the jump on Intel as far as speed and price goes.
Just my $0.02.
djx.
