-----Forwarded Message----- From: Benjamin Vander Jagt <benjaminvanderjagt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: ATHLON & Shrike - *imperfect* alliance=random lockups? Date: 20 Apr 2003 04:56:55 -0400 > >> ... SB Live! series card. ... << > > Interesting. This has been mentioned several times. The Athlon > Thunderbird 1.333 that I have here is fine with the SB Live! in it. (The > MB audio also worked with RH9.) Though I'll admit that I'm not compiling > a new kernel while listening to ogg files. Perhaps I should work it > harder before I deliver it.<g> > > >> The other major hardware source of instability problems is using an > inadequate and/or non-Athlon-certified power supply << > > I'll second that suggestion! The Athlon chip is a power hog. The > Thunderbird chips forced me to specify 300+ watt power supplies -- even > for "simple office machines". A tower with lots of extras needs more. > > This was reinforced when talking with tech support at my hardware suppliers. > > ck I'm still not quite sure about the SB Live cards being as bad as people say. I have lots of experience with many many SB Live cards, and I have never had any trouble out of them. I have had more than my alloted share of problems from the drivers, though. Creative cards remind me of ATI cards...get the product right, get the drivers dead wrong. The P4 chips usually use around 25% more than the Athlon chips. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=2313 AMD sells many more chips to home-builders and non-proprietary system builders who don't often add up the total power consumption of everything, as opposed to brand-name systems that generally get contracts from Intel and who use the absolute minimum power supply available, sometimes as low as 135 watt in new systems (I've seen Compaq's lock up when the volume was turned up too high on the sound card. In those cases, it's usually a Creative Labs card, since they usually have quite powerful amplifiers.)
