On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 10:44:13 -0400, Dave Phillips wrote: > Greetings: > > A client has asked me to get some opinions regarding AMD CPUs and > recommended motherboards. He's planning to replace an SMP system that > has apparently never worked quite right. He doesn't want another SMP > mobo, and a friend is advising him to go with a uniprocessor system > built around a recent AMD CPU. The recent JACK problem with AMD CPUs was > a revelation for me: I'd never had any problems with AMD chips, but now > I'm feeling reluctant to recommend them. Am I just being paranoid, or > are there particular reasons to go with Intel instead of AMD ? My > client is considering a P4 instead of the AMD, hence this infoquest... What AMD problem? I run jack on an Athlon XP daily without probems. The mobo is quite old, so the model is probably not a helpful recommnedation though. - Steve
