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 > > Funny how this always arrives just as I'm sending mine. ;-)
