Re: OK, I went dual core

Quoth The Raven; John Lewis <john.dsl@xxxxxxxxxxx> in
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> On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:50:52 +1100, "Highlandish"
> <ckreskay_CURSEING@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Quoth The Raven; NightSky 421 <nightsky421@xxxxxxxx> in
>><11onbmo5bbr772e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> "Highlandish" <ckreskay_CURSEING@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>> i've gone from ati to nvidia's SLI with 2x6600gt's, but i cant
>>>> decide if i want dual core or a fx57 cpu, the fx57 is more powerful
>>>> than a X2-4800 and not much is actually written to take advantage
>>>> of the X2 yet. they might start off by next year. as for that i
>>>> never keep a pc componant longer than 8 months, so a fx57 will
>>>> keep me happy until games are made for dualcore.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah, if you upgrade that frequently, then I would base my build
>>> decisions on that. But since I tend to think long-term when buying
>>> something new, I try to make decisions that will prolong the life of
>>> my system. Dual core will inevitably become common-place, and given
>>> that I want to keep my next computer for 2 1/2 to 3 years, it's the
>>> logical way for me to go.
>>
>>I would love to believe that my system will last me another 2 years,
>>but in reality all my systems die completely after 8 months. I have
>>old relics laying everywhere in my room waiting for old working parts
>>to build new machines from old ones, just because I go through so much
>>
>
> Is the air so acid in NZ ? Static ? Parts from shoddy vendors ?
> ALL systems that I have built for myself and family members in the
> last 5 years are still going strong. Other than a couple of hard-disk
> failures -- IBM Deathstar, yuk ! -- and a CD-burner failure,
> everything else is still working fine.
>
> John Lewis

dunno, i'm from sydney. but i realy work my pc to the ummm bone. its
constantly bruteforcing something, or codec'ing movies, or backing up client
pc's.

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