Hey - I'm a newbie, so my apologies if I breach any netiquette rules...
Basically, I'm looking to build a new computer - I'm going into engineering at unversity and want something that will have some serious power but keep costs reasonable. I've basically settled on either the Athlon 1.33 or 1.4, but I have a couple of questions:
1) A friend said they had been told not to buy AMD due to serious software compatibility issues. However, they couldn't give me any examples. I haven't heard of any problems with the T-Birds in this regard - has anyone else? I know there are some hardware / driver conflict issues with the Via chipsets (esp. SB products and some video cards), and that the K6-2 had Win95 issues, but not T-Bird specific software problems. Specific examples would be appreciated - I've found past postings vaguely hinting at issues but not giving any concrete examples.
2) Is it worth the extra $ to buy a 1.4 over a 1.33? I'll be doing CAD work and sound editing, but I'm not sure I'll notice a difference for 66MHz... On the other hand, the cost gap is not huge.
Any help would be much appreciated.
*As the username implies, I'm generally in the dark*
Basically, I'm looking to build a new computer - I'm going into engineering at unversity and want something that will have some serious power but keep costs reasonable. I've basically settled on either the Athlon 1.33 or 1.4, but I have a couple of questions:
1) A friend said they had been told not to buy AMD due to serious software compatibility issues. However, they couldn't give me any examples. I haven't heard of any problems with the T-Birds in this regard - has anyone else? I know there are some hardware / driver conflict issues with the Via chipsets (esp. SB products and some video cards), and that the K6-2 had Win95 issues, but not T-Bird specific software problems. Specific examples would be appreciated - I've found past postings vaguely hinting at issues but not giving any concrete examples.
2) Is it worth the extra $ to buy a 1.4 over a 1.33? I'll be doing CAD work and sound editing, but I'm not sure I'll notice a difference for 66MHz... On the other hand, the cost gap is not huge.
Any help would be much appreciated.
*As the username implies, I'm generally in the dark*