From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 28 22:58:36 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFA3516A41F for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 22:58:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from benlutz@datacomm.ch) Received: from maxlor.mine.nu (c-213-160-32-54.customer.ggaweb.ch [213.160.32.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3251343D46 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 22:58:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from benlutz@datacomm.ch) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by maxlor.mine.nu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EE0F37E; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 00:58:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from maxlor.mine.nu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (midgard [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 23778-06; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 00:58:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [10.0.0.23] (mini.intranet [10.0.0.23]) by maxlor.mine.nu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10BB7F7; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 00:58:34 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <42E96319.3080901@datacomm.ch> Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 00:58:33 +0200 From: Benjamin Lutz User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Macintosh/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dick hoogendijk References: <20050729002602.65ff60bb.dick@nagual.st> In-Reply-To: <20050729002602.65ff60bb.dick@nagual.st> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.92.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig92B40681F30B4E07AD192705" X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at maxlor.mine.nu Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: need some advice X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 22:58:36 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig92B40681F30B4E07AD192705 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit dick hoogendijk wrote: > Is there much difference between the athlon3000/3400 ?? > Will the intel platform have (dis)advantages ? Well, the 3400+ will be slightly faster when it comes to number crunching. They'll be up to par to the Intel chip, but the Intel system will cost more. If price is important, why not go for a Sempron 3100+ using the Palermo core? Granted, it's a bit slower than the Athlon64 3000+, but it does have an advantage: Under load, it outputs 62W of heat instead of 89W like the 130nm Athlon64 cores. And of course it only costs half of what the Athlon64s cost. > Price is important. I.e. buying the athlon3000 gives me the opportunity > to buy something else, BUT if the speed of the 3400+ is much better, I > can buy that "other stuff" later.. if you see what I mean. I just want a > machine that last a litthle longer... You'll have to figure out the sweet spot for yourself really... there are benchmarks available on the web. > I.e. the intel MB has a PCIe grahics slot. How important is that (or > not). I will buy a Geforce-6600GT videocard (offer most for less > money..) At the moment, Gaming GFX cards are being released for both PCIe and AGP, so AGP means no loss yet. By the time you'll get a new GFX card, you'll probably want to upgrade your CPU as well anyway, which means upgrading the mainboard... --------------enig92B40681F30B4E07AD192705 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (Darwin) iD8DBQFC6WMcgShs4qbRdeQRAlxMAJ4nk8vQGuN/XPkKTxCqFGnCPWTEzQCdFJ2g 9xBT84h8lCKPYfSPsAB0ONE= =cd8S -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig92B40681F30B4E07AD192705--