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When is the Hammer supposed to be out?
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On Sun, 2002-07-28 at 09:06, MonMotha wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Rodney Kanno wrote:</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> I am going to upgrade my home computer, but I am unsure of what</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> processor to go with, AMD or Pentium 4. The main uses of the computer</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> would be for 3D modeling/animation, video creation/editing, and the</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> usual desktop apps (office, cd burning/encoding, etc...) Any</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> suggestions/opinions?</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> Thanks,</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> Rodney</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> </FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>For video encoding, Pentium 4s are actually SLIGHTLY faster than </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Athlons. However, they come at a hefty price tag.</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>At this point however, I'd wait for the AMD Hammers to come out. The </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>developer's samples have been very promising and 64 bit computing can't </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>hurt :)</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>--MonMotha</FONT></FONT></I>
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