[linux-audio-dev] Re: [linux-audio-user] regarding mobos and CPUs

[Steve Harris]

On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 10:44:13 -0400, Dave Phillips wrote:
> Greetings:
> 
>  A client has asked me to get some opinions regarding AMD CPUs and 
> recommended motherboards. He's planning to replace an SMP system that 
> has apparently never worked quite right. He doesn't want another SMP 
> mobo, and a friend is advising him to go with a uniprocessor system 
> built around a recent AMD CPU. The recent JACK problem with AMD CPUs was 
> a revelation for me: I'd never had any problems with AMD chips, but now 
> I'm feeling reluctant to recommend them. Am I just being paranoid, or 
> are there  particular reasons to go with Intel instead of AMD ? My 
> client is considering a P4 instead of the AMD, hence this infoquest...

What AMD problem? I run jack on an Athlon XP daily without probems.

The mobo is quite old, so the model is probably not a helpful
recommnedation though.

- Steve