Same here - Athlon XP on old mobo. Jan On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 09:20, Steve Harris wrote: > 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