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Is it a Good Time to Get an Athlon64?

Posted by Cliff on from the short-and-sweet dept.

City_Idiot asks: "I'm looking to upgrade my current P4 2.4Ghz and i'm giving serious thought to a Athlon64 3200+. The tests look good, and it gives a 3Ghz P4 a good run for its money but is the technology ready for end users?"

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  1. Looks like your screen name... by mOoZik · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...is right on the money. Only an idiot (or someone who has nothing better to do) would upgrade a 2.4. Before even asking Slashdot, you should have asked yourself, "Other than a substitute for manly deficiencies, is this upgrade necessary?"

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  2. Re:Jealous? by dJCL · · Score: 0, Troll

    Kidding? My current is a 500 AMD, I'm picking up a dual Athlon board from a friend this afternoon and am very glad that I pay reseller prices for my CPU's on this one...

    But besides that, once I have the money, I will see about getting a dual amd64 system(they will probably be pretty good by then). With 4 lcd displays, SB audigy vX(whatever is newest then) ATI video and gig network to access my (to be built) terabyte file server... ah dreams...

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  3. Re:run ordinary 32 bit linux on it for now? by OpenBoot+Troll · · Score: 0, Troll

    take your non openboot/OBP firmware and your cheap shit china razor chink china fucking crap shit and fuck off. take your shit fake crap and fuck off.
    LONG LIVE Alpha SRM, LONG LIVE OBP. Death to BIOS and fag shit like PXE and other PeeCee faggor crap.
    YOU FUCK WALLOW LIKE PIGS IN THE PIG STY OF CHEAP SHIT HARDWARE FROM CHINA AND OTHER SHITHOLES, FUCK YOU FOR SUPPORT SHIT YOU SHITMONGERING FUCKERS.

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