Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] regarding mobos and CPUs
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Thu May 06 2004 - 17:20:07 EEST
On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 10:44:13 -0400, Dave Phillips wrote:
> Greetings:
>
> A client has asked me to get some opinions regarding AMD CPUs and
> recommended motherboards. He's planning to replace an SMP system that
> has apparently never worked quite right. He doesn't want another SMP
> mobo, and a friend is advising him to go with a uniprocessor system
> built around a recent AMD CPU. The recent JACK problem with AMD CPUs was
> a revelation for me: I'd never had any problems with AMD chips, but now
> I'm feeling reluctant to recommend them. Am I just being paranoid, or
> are there particular reasons to go with Intel instead of AMD ? My
> client is considering a P4 instead of the AMD, hence this infoquest...
What AMD problem? I run jack on an Athlon XP daily without probems.
The mobo is quite old, so the model is probably not a helpful
recommnedation though.
- Steve
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