The newer AMDs will cut back on the speed if they get too hot. It was the early ones that had the problems. But I put a LOT of cooling on them whether they were AMD or Intel!
Bruce Marshall wrote: > On Saturday 28 December 2002 13:29 pm, Jerry McBride wrote: >> My $0.02 worth... >> >> VIA chipsets aren't that bad. In fact, it's the most common chipset >> that I'me exposed to, both at home and at work. >> >> As far as brands go. I'm totally amazed at how well SOYO motherboards >> work. Also MSI. My most recent purchase has been an MSI KT3 ULTRA2. >> Excellent, fast and decently priced. >> >> As for Intel cpu's... I go out of my way to avoid them. > > I would agree with you on the Intel's with the exception that they *do* > seem to have good thermal protection. (slowing down the processor). If > anything untoward happens to an AMD CPU, they immediately go up in > smoke. I don't like that 'feechur'. > > -- Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] AKA Grunt <>< Registered Linux User #188143 Remove R777 to email _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
