[Pc_Support] RE: Staying with 32-bit: PC3200 or PC4000, 166 or 200MHz Athlon?

[Bryan J. Smith]

Jason Boxman <jasonb at edseek.com> wrote:
> I think an upgrade is strongly suggested if I'm going to
> run a 6600GT.

NV43 (6600[GT]) sucks up a lot less juice than NV40
(6800[GT|Ultra]).

> I think I will look again at the nForce3 boards, though. 
> With the ~ $118 price for the cheapest A64 and AGP 3.0
> support on the nForce3 boards, going A64 is starting to
> appear more realistic now.

Don't forget Socket-754!  You can get a Socket-754 Sempron
2800+ for under $80, and Socket-754 now has an upgrade path
to 64-bit thanx to the new Sempron models (to compete with
the new EM64T Celerons).

I only said that Socket-754 wasn't worth it IMHO versus
Socket-939 for $100 cheaper.  But Socket-754 is _definitely_
worth it over Socket-462 for the _same_price_.



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