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Ya got me.

Tony — 11/29/2006 8:21:00 PM (archived)

A better initial question would have been:
Which CPU will be optimal for making sure both the PBSKids and Cbeebies sites for Teletubbies and Boobah work well, smooth and fast under Firefox.
I need to see Ring-ding-ding-ba jumping without jerking.

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Advice needed: AMD or Intel? - Tony - 11/27/2006 5:29:35 PM
- Update: Athlon X2 64 it is. Thanks et. (n/t) - Tony - 12/20/2006 4:06:17 AM
  - Which socket? (n/t) - et - 12/20/2006 6:40:58 PM
    - AM2. Ask me how I knew to get such a thing... ;-) (n/t) - Tony - 12/20/2006 10:36:08 PM
      - Someone said, I AM 1, and you said, I - - - - (n/t) - Bowser - 12/21/2006 7:14:43 PM
      - Either a magic 8-ball or you have a 12 year old kid. (n/t) - et - 12/21/2006 2:21:23 AM
- This is just effing ridiculous... - RobVG - 12/5/2006 1:59:53 AM
  - re: Intel was having a problem with scaling when they got up to about 20 cores... - Scott Evil - 12/6/2006 8:23:40 PM
  - That not a "Quad core"..... - et - 12/5/2006 7:30:20 PM
  - re: This is just effing ridiculous... - azstrummer - 12/5/2006 4:59:02 PM
    - Quad core. - et - 12/5/2006 7:33:13 PM
- but seriously.... - et - 11/30/2006 6:57:37 PM
  - Pricing AM2 CPUs.... - et - 11/30/2006 9:30:58 PM
    - Thanks - Tony - 12/1/2006 3:55:38 PM
      - You could load Ubuntu on that 1.7Gig. - et - 12/1/2006 8:22:36 PM
        
        Plus, it would likely be significantly faster than it is now (n/t) - Yeti - 12/1/2006 11:36:56 PM
        
        Generally true, but depends on the task. (n/t) - et - 12/2/2006 5:35:37 AM
        
        Or at the very least a dual boot..... (n/t) - Tony - 12/1/2006 9:15:17 PM
        
        That's a distinct possibility..... (n/t) - Tony - 12/1/2006 9:14:35 PM
- If you'd asked me a few months ago... - TB - 11/27/2006 9:49:40 PM
  - re: The dual core processors rock n roll! - Scott Evil - 11/28/2006 6:45:58 PM
    - P.S. I haven't tried the AMD dual Core chips yet. - Scott Evil - 11/28/2006 6:56:04 PM
  - How does the software have to catch up? - et - 11/28/2006 5:16:14 PM
    - Multi-core limitations - azstrummer - 11/29/2006 4:41:19 PM
      - Ok. Parallelization. Sure. - et - 11/29/2006 7:51:28 PM
        
        Ya got me. - Tony - 11/29/2006 8:21:00 PM
        
        Speaking of jerking. - Scott Evil - 11/30/2006 4:05:06 PM
        
        re: Ya got me. - azstrummer - 11/29/2006 8:31:47 PM
    - re: How does the software have to catch up? - TB - 11/29/2006 7:41:01 AM
      - If it can thread to two cores, it can thread to n cores. - et - 11/29/2006 7:47:18 PM
      - Havent caught up yet either - Tony - 11/29/2006 3:38:31 PM
        
        Tony...TONY~~~~~~ - et - 11/29/2006 7:49:49 PM
        
        MOBO? - RNE - 11/30/2006 12:00:10 AM
        
        The other thing is... - et - 11/30/2006 7:38:14 PM
        
        I'd wait till about Jan 30th to decide on the mobo. - et - 11/30/2006 6:54:56 PM
        
        K' - RNE - 12/1/2006 10:46:12 PM
        
        There are some good Mobo's out there for the HTPC route. - et - 12/2/2006 5:34:32 AM
        
        Strange. I suddenly have a feeling that I really REALLY want to buy an AMD AM2 socket and upgrade it later. (n/t) - Tony - 11/29/2006 8:07:03 PM
        
        re: Yeah, me too. Spooky, that.... (n/t) - Hypnotized Yeti - 11/29/2006 10:47:00 PM
- BUy AMD AM2 socket with cheap single core (Athlon 64) processor now. - et - 11/27/2006 7:30:20 PM

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