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I'm looking for a mainstream solution,  no budget or high end.
Might be a P4 2.4 (up to 800) or a AMD 2600 for instance.

Also, VIA chipsets are out of of the question after 2 NBT (nothing but trouble)
years with my KT266 A.

I already got an ATI 9600 pro.

Few things I'm not certain about:
How are the P4s compared to the AMDs? 3D Mark says lousy, but that's sponsored
by AMD

If intel chipset, 845 or 865?

Is hyperthreading something not to miss out?

What is the boost from P4 400 over 533 to 800?

The new AMD 64 (Are that those Bartons?) is something to wait for (until
afforadable)?

A lot of questions, any help (also partially) is highly appreciated.

TIA

Jens

BTW: I was on a XP 1600+ until now
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Todd

ABIT IC7-MAX3 and the best P4 you can afford.  Match that board with the
P4-2.4C and some good Corsair RAM and if you are into overclocking you WILL
be in heaven.

Larry

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"goyl at nettx dot no"

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"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--

The problem is finding memory that is fast enough to keep the FSB and
memory at the same speed, and that's not easy with the 2.4 running at
1060 FSB, which would mean a memory speed of 530, the 2.8 runs at 1000
and you can find memory that will run at 500 even if it's expensive :-)

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"goyl at nettx dot no"

http://www.theuspits.com

"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--

Thx again

Jens

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