Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] regarding mobos and CPUs
From: Mark Knecht (mknecht_AT_controlnet.com)
Date: Thu May 06 2004 - 17:36:16 EEST
Steve Harris wrote:
> 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
>
>
Funny how this always arrives just as I'm sending mine. ;-)
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