Let the debates begin 2004-06-19 - By Dave Angelini
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Any opinions on Intel's Prescott cpu's?
-Dave Angelini
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From: "Roman Ormandy" <roman@(protected)>
To: <truespace@(protected)>
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [TSML] Let the debates begin
> If you can, wait for new machines with PCI Express. They will be worth it,
a
> first real upgrade in PC architecture in many years. Their release is
> imminent, perhaps even this month. I always buy Dell:)
>
> Roman
>
> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: Dave Angelini [mailto:dpangelini@(protected)]
> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 8:58 PM
> To: MailingList truespace
> Subject: [TSML] Let the debates begin
>
> I am beginning to look into getting a new PC (current PC is 4 years old
> Win98 and showing its age). For various reasons, I have narrowed down the
> PC options such that only two choices are still left to me....one generic
> and one specific choice.
>
> Generic Choice: Compaq or HP?
>
> Personally, I have had better luck with HP than Compaq, but since HP
> purchased Compaq, is there still a meaningful difference anymore? The PC
> lines in comparison are the Compaq Presario 8000T Series versus the HP
> Pavillion A650Y.
>
> Specific Choice: 256 Mb DDR ATI Radeon 9800 or the 256Mb DDR Nvidia
GeForce
> FX 5950 Ultra?
>
> I have heard that Nvidia has lost some ground against ATI and that Nvidia
> has played some games with its performance specs. But this is a choice a
> comparison between an older Radeon to a newer Nvidia.
>
> These are the choices....true I could look at other vendors, but I would
not
> be able to get the deals that I am currently offered....so again, these
are
> the choices.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave Angelini
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