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Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 15:32:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dan Hollis <goemon@anime.net>
To: David Lang <david.lang@digitalinsight.com>
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Subject: Re: Dual Athlon XP 1800+ on Tyan Thunder K7 or Tiger MP anyone?
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On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, David Lang wrote:
> you can always get a better price/performance ratio if you back off to a
> the next-to-the-best generation of equipment. if you need the performance
> though you can't do it with the older equipment.

Well yes, the 1.2 non-mp tbird is the sweet spot for price/performance at
the moment. Spend 50% - 100% more and you can get 20% better performance.

I didnt need balls-to-the-wall performance -- bleeding eyeballs was fast
enough for me...

-Dan
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[-] Omae no subete no kichi wa ore no mono da. [-]

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