6 May
2004
6 May
'04
12:12 p.m.
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...
Also, what's a recommended motherboard ? Are there any mobos that
should definitely be avoided ?
TIA for any help you guys can proffer, it's much appreciated.
Best regards,
dp
6 May
6 May
12:27 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-dev] Re: [linux-audio-user] regarding mobos and CPUs
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
12:38 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-dev] Re: [linux-audio-user] regarding mobos and CPUs
Same here - Athlon XP on old mobo.
Jan
On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 09:20, Steve Harris wrote:
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 
9:25 p.m.
On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 10:44:13AM -0400, Dave Phillips wrote:
[...]
AMD CPUs are fine. This has been addressed elsewhere in the thread.
You do need a good motherboard though.
Also, what's a recommended motherboard ? Are
there any mobos that
should definitely be avoided ?
I would definately avoid the ASUS A7S333, or anything else based on the
SiS745 chipset. It has issues with interrupt routing and I could not
get it to do anything even resembling realtime.
I've had good results with the A7V600-X I replaced it with. The only
downsides to this board are 1. the onboard audio sucks ass (but you
weren't going to use it anyway, right? :) and 2. MIDI requires a dongle -
if you have one from 10 years ago or something, the pinouts should be
the same.
Hope this helps,
Jody
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