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You are assuming that the only thing that can cause a
system to crash is misbehaving software. This is
false for many hardware setups (especially recent
high-end AMD ones). For instance, if I set my core
voltage below 1.85 volts and set my CPU speed to 1.3
Ghz, my system crashes about once/hour and not just at
bootup.
Jack
--- Sigstroker@xxxxxxx wrote:
> How ridiculous. Application software is written for
> Windows, not a cpu.
> Windows is written for x86 assembler or microcode.
> It doesn't matter what cpu
> is used. The only time it matters to application
> software which cpu is used
> is for games that use the various 3d extensions.
>
>
> In a message dated 6/29/01 7:00:07 AM Pacific
> Daylight Time,
> jack_2231@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> > I am using an AMD chip and my system crashes too
> > often. The fastest TS processor you can buy is
> an AMD
> > 1.4 GHZ. However, INTC has 90% of the market,
> and
> > everything is designed to work with it. AMD cpus
> need
> > a special power supply and cooling system to be
> > stable. Engineering tolerances (voltages, temps,
> > etc.) are smaller. Even if you want to spend the
> time
> > to get your cards working correctly, AMD systems
> are
> > not stable enough for trading purposes IMO. But
> if
> > you do go with AMD, get IWILL --- avoid ABIT
> > motherboards. Let me know if this does not
> answer
> > your question.
> >
> > Jack
>
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