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On 7/9/07, Philip Webb <purslow@×××××××××.ca> wrote: |
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> Someone mentioned a quad-core: are they presently supported by Gentoo ? |
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I can't see why they wouldn't be. Just make sure you enable SMP and up to 4 |
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processors in your kernel. |
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As for other parts... |
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I have an 8500GT video card in my machine right now and the |
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100.14.11driver which is in portage works just fine. It fixes few |
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rather nasty bugs |
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over 100.14.09 as well. |
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In general, looks to be pretty good. 1GB of RAM will certainly be enough for |
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Linux. Almost certainly not for Vista, but you wouldn't want to run that |
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anyways right? |
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However one thing stands out as a rather interesting choice. Since Core 2 |
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Duos are so inexpensive, and will easily outperform and use less power than |
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an Athlon64, why stick with AMD? My 4300, which I bought a few weeks ago for |
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$110, is the slowest Core 2 Duo, but it would probably at least perform |
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similarly if not outperform either of the AMD processors you listed. Also if |
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you happen to feel comfortable with a little overclocking, you can generally |
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get quite a nice speed boost for very little change in temperature or |
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stability. Finally, Intel is going to be announcing some nice price cuts on |
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the 22nd of this month. Most notably the Q6600, a 2.4GHz quad-core part will |
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be available for a mere $266. Google can provide more price cut details. |
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Hope it helps |
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