Comment Still no standard 3.5mm headphone jack (Score 2, Informative) 204
I refuse to carry around a "dongle" to be able to use a good set of IEMs.
Who Do Warcraft Players Want As President? 82
I'm not sure how many electoral votes Azeroth has, but it could be a key battleground state.
Comment Re:I still wouldnt get an Athlon or any AMD chip. (Score 1) 196
I have a P3 1ghz, and an AMD 1.4ghz.
On BOTH PC's I do not need to load chipset drivers. Windows and Linux handle them both just fine.
HOWEVER, they BOTH lack in system performance until you load the most up-to-date driver, be it from Intel, or VIA.
With both chipsets I noticed approximately a 33% performance gain (in gaming, 3d mind you) when loading a 3rd party chipset driver.
So in short, both chipsets are supported by the OS, but both chipsets perform much better on a 3rd party driver. This makes your statement even more void than I previously thought it to be.
If the fan stops working? Mine doesnt, I buy a quality fan, on both my Intel and AMD. OEM fans are a piece of sh!t.
I LAN party alot, my PC sees lots of road time and bumps and jars. Never once has my fan failed, or my heatsink fallen off.
I think since AMD is outperforming the 2.0ghz P4 these days, the heat issue is the only excuse that is left for the Intel fans to hang on.
This is an arguement that will never end, I urge users to try both AMD and Intel, buy QUALITY hardware on each, and then make the decision. If you do not have the $$$ to do that, see if a friend owns and AMD or and Intel. Ask them what they like, and do not like, contrast, compare. Nobody preaching is going to sway you to one side or another, go see for yourself, and make your OWN educated decision.
Thanks,
Neil
On BOTH PC's I do not need to load chipset drivers. Windows and Linux handle them both just fine.
HOWEVER, they BOTH lack in system performance until you load the most up-to-date driver, be it from Intel, or VIA.
With both chipsets I noticed approximately a 33% performance gain (in gaming, 3d mind you) when loading a 3rd party chipset driver.
So in short, both chipsets are supported by the OS, but both chipsets perform much better on a 3rd party driver. This makes your statement even more void than I previously thought it to be.
If the fan stops working? Mine doesnt, I buy a quality fan, on both my Intel and AMD. OEM fans are a piece of sh!t.
I LAN party alot, my PC sees lots of road time and bumps and jars. Never once has my fan failed, or my heatsink fallen off.
I think since AMD is outperforming the 2.0ghz P4 these days, the heat issue is the only excuse that is left for the Intel fans to hang on.
This is an arguement that will never end, I urge users to try both AMD and Intel, buy QUALITY hardware on each, and then make the decision. If you do not have the $$$ to do that, see if a friend owns and AMD or and Intel. Ask them what they like, and do not like, contrast, compare. Nobody preaching is going to sway you to one side or another, go see for yourself, and make your OWN educated decision.
Thanks,
Neil
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