>From my experience (running a K6-3 AMD with Mandrake 7.0) is a hassle free
combination.
Never had any problems with the processor or with performance etc.
Of course I did re-compiled the kernel and did a bit of tweaking on the
startup services etc... but overall its going fine for quite a while now.
Makis.
-----Original Message-----
From: Civileme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, 23 July 2000 8:00 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [expert] AMD Chips and Mandrake
On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> I have had complaints from customers about the fact that mandrake is
> compiled for the Pentium class systems when using an Athlon. Have any of
> you had the same problem. My experience is with the K6-2 and K6-3. I
want
> to install on an Athlon but have my doubts. Any comments is appriciated.
>
> Debie Scholz
>
I have done about 10 K-6, 37 Celeron, 2 P-II/III, and one Duron (Athlon with
a
smaller on-chip cache and for Socket A)
I have had more difficulty with the Celeron Systems, but not processor
troubles, chipsets only. All the Processors work very well. The one Chip I
have heard some things about, and they were chipset dependant, was the K6-3,
and that concerned the On-Chip L2 Cache and the resulting speed performance.
Since AMD dropped the K6-3, there _may_ be some substance to those
complaints;
however, I have had reports of flawless multiyear performance from K6-3s as
well.
My Duron experience was _uninteresting_ AMD and Mandrake made it way too
easy
to set that one up.
Civileme
