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um first off, creating scenarios of what hardware I'm holding makes
little sense to me. And of course these things your saying are your
Opinion right? To me, if you already made the jump to a amd64 mobo,
guess you will have to live with it, less you have squanderable moneys
to throw around. I will not jump into any 64 bit until there is
something to use it with... tech is always ahead of software,
nowadays. I am not into holding up my system specs and yelling 'I have
the latest and fastest' that's not my deal.
AFA PCI express...how many choices will there be of vid cards or any
PCI hardware that will take advantage of it as soon as its available
on a MB? 2 Maybe? no thanks, that locks me into to limited amount of
choices. That's me personally, When it comes to customers however,
what ever they want. Mostly my work consists of established stable
systems, as they are used for the disabled. The 'new tech' is based
around accessibility issues/technology rather than the fastest FPS
vidcard or the like. So, I am not the 'average' builder as it were. My
opinions will be rather 'off the beaten path'.
To each his own, and certainly doesn't mean your wrong in your ideas,
just keep in mind we are not all in the same mindset.
"Seth Brundle" <brundlefly76@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:40951013$0$65097$45beb828@newscene.com...
> No, this is definitely one of those times where you *really want* to
> wait....because nearly everything new is very significant and coming
out in
> the next 1-3 months.
>
> Are you saying you want to be holding a brand-new AGP ATX PCI Radeon
9800 XT
> DDR rig when in June you can buy a PCI Express BTX GeForce 6800
Ultra DDR2
> rig (or perhaps a dead-ended AMD64 mobo)? Yikes! I wouldnt want to
wait 1
> 1/2 years to upgrade that rig!
>
> It isnt frequent a new expansion bus (PCI Express x1), graphics bus
(PCI
> Express x 16) memory (DDR2), and thermal-performance mobo form
factor (BTX)
> are launched - and it never happens all at once! The new graphics
cards are
> one of the most significant technological leaps between generations
yet,
> says THG. And I dont know of any enthusiast who would currently
invest in
> the dead-ended AMD64 mobos currently on the market before Socket
939. There
> is nothing immediately exciting about Prescott - the EE's are
currently
> overpriced.
>
> Why are you so concerned about ECC support?
> I run 4 full rackspace cabinets full of production Linux hardware,
and only
> use ECC in non-redundant database servers.
> In a workstation or redundant webserver its far cheaper simply to
replace
> the a stick of non-ECC.
>
> "JAD" <jdemma25@eartink.net> wrote in message
> news:5a1lc.1549$a47.1404@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> > And... whatever the NEXT tech advancement that comes up. I see no
> > difference from today compared to yesteryears.
> > Considering that on the average, a hardcore user (be them gamers
or
> > heavy production people) upgrade major components every 1-1/2 - 2
> > years, these up and coming advancements won't be mainstream, and
by
> > that I mean software that would take full advantage of them, for
about
> > the same time. If I had the urge to upgrade currently, I would.
> >
> > Just my feeling on the matter. I would like to jump into dual
> > channel memory. I believe that could be taken advantage of right
now.
> > Also, would like to implement SSE3 (lack of an official name, or
is
> > that the final?) CPUs in hopes of even more video work time
> > improvements. I get a little apprehensive about the Prescott. It
seems
> > that it will be the only Intel chip to support SSE3? I need to
look
> > past the gamers put down of the CPU and find a good hardware
analysis
> > in regards to work production.
> >
> > Certainly not going to hold my breath on this one.
> >
> >
http://www.anandtech.com/chipsets/showdoc.html?i=2022
> >
> > As we continue to receive more information about Alderwood (also
known
> > as i925X), we continue to hear disappointing news about the
upcoming
> > product launch. Recently, motherboard manufacturers have confirmed
> > with us that 925X will not launch with ECC support as originally
> > planned. We have previously stated that while 915 supports DDR2
and
> > DDR1, 925X supports only DDR2 memory. Thus, the lack of initial
ECC
> > support on 925X will only affect DDR2 ECC memory.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > And it seems that Adobe and Macromedia and other major players are
now
> > only going to make software that runs on the latest MAC Jaguar
OS10
> > and no more 9x windows software. Which AFA the business end of
things
> > is fine, but at home I like my WinME machines, mainly because I
can
> > (even though not suppose to) have 5 machines running it for the
price
> > of one copy ( I have always thought that was fair, Bill doesn't
> > though).
> >
> > TCPA and the willingness of the software/hardware companies to
push
> > it along, makes me sweat more so than waiting for tech that keeps
me
> > from upgrading. This little Gem will not keep you from upgrading,
it
> > will kick you out of the homebuilding business all together.
> >
> >
> >
http://www.againsttcpa.com/what-is-tcpa.html
> >
> >
> > "Seth Brundle" <brundlefly76@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:53e2ec95.0405011855.7f86ae50@posting.google.com...
> > > Is it just me, or is everyone tired of just sitting around
twiddling
> > > their thumbs waiting for their next upgrade?
> > >
> > > I wont buy another mobo/CPU until Intel Alderwood chipset and/or
> > AMD64
> > > Socket 939 boards are out, wont buy another video card until ATI
> > > launches its competition to the GeForce 6800 Ultra and both are
> > > available in PCI Express. Wont buy a new DVD burner until
dual-layer
> > > launches.
> > >
> > > Browsing NewEgg just isnt going to be much fun for another month
or
> > > so.
> >
> >
>
>
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