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Snakebyte
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 Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2000 11:20 pm |
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I know this is a random musings thing but I would like some input quickly.
Is there anyone here using a Duron or T-Bird CPU? I�m not concerned with the classic athlons�
I�m considering upgrading to one of these as soon as Friday. What interests me was of course the 200Mhz bus that I know Photoshop likes and naturally its price.
If anyone here uses one and deals with LARGE files sizes I would appreciate any input.
Oh, I�m upgrading from an old 466 Celeron that CANNOT keep up. And yes I know DDR chipsets are arriving but I only have a $500 budget and would like to save some of that..
Thanks
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Bouncy Ninja
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| Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2000 3:03 am |
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| I'm running PhotoShop on A 25mkz cpu with 20 mb ram if anyone upgrads its me first! |
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Spitfire
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| Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2000 3:31 am |
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I recently acquired an Athlon Tbird 900mhz on a Socket-A 200mhz motherboard and it runs superswiftysmooth. The only thing that kinda dissapointed me was the fact my 17" monitor's refresh rate (linked to a TnT2 Ultra 32mb) can't keep up with the CPU and slows my framerates in games down.  |
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Harbinger
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| Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2000 7:10 am |
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| Yeah, I have a 1 Ghz Thunderbird, and photoshop/3D studio max/ etc. loves it. What really makes Photoshop fly though is 256 megs of RAM. Spend most of your money on RAM, not processor speed. |
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Snakebyte
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