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MacBook: Worth it?

Please don't get into argument whether Ruby is better than .NET :) All I was saying is if you want to develop then on Windows you can, say, do both Ruby and .NET and on the Mac you can't do .NET. Regarding apps available on Mac platform, there are apps Apple makes (iTunes, iLife, etc.), there...
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- Post #38
- Oct 13, 2006
- Forum: Apple Laptops and Desktops
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MacBook: Worth it?

Just a few data points for you so that you can make a good decision: 1) Windows is *the* development platform, going to the MacOS you are locking yourself out of a bunch of technologies and tools (or making using those pretty painful) 2) WindowsXP is not unstable, it is one of the best OSes...
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- Post #32
- Oct 12, 2006
- Forum: Apple Laptops and Desktops
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Normal temps for X2 3800+?

My X2 3800+ does not get to 55C when OCed to 2.4 GHz. I have a 120mm Zalman HS running on quiet.
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- Post #7
- Sep 5, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Upgrade path from A64 3200+ to dual core

I spent more time playing with voltages and here is what I've found: It works fine at 2.6 GHz if I give it 1.55v. Unfortunately it seems it needs more cooling than I have (120mm Zalman copper HS) as bad things happen once I start Prime 95 and temps climb past 60C. It also works at 2.5 GHz...
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- Post #18
- Sep 5, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Do I need to do anything to enable dual core

Don't you also need to install the dual core hotfix? There is one from Microsoft and another one from AMD (could be the same thing)
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- Post #4
- Sep 2, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Upgrading my 3200+ A64 Winchester on a MSI K8N Neo4/Plat?

You won't see significant performance gains in single threaded applications. If you go dual core then you'd be able to do 2 things at a time but your cores will run at the same speed. For example, I recently upgraded from A64 3200+ to A64 X2 3800+. Both run stock at 2.0 GHz and I OCed both...
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- Post #2
- Sep 2, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Upgrade path from A64 3200+ to dual core

It takes longer for the memory controller to query 4 sticks than to query 2 sticks hence when you have 4 sticks you used to get reduced performance (like DDR333 instead or DDR400). I'm not sure if this is the case anymore hence I asked in my original post. And my memory is DDR400 but I was...
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- Post #17
- Sep 1, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Upgrade path from A64 3200+ to dual core

When it crashes at 255 MHz I use the stock CPU multiplier (10x) and 1:2 RAM divider (I got 2 x 1 GB Corsair XMS DDR1). When I run CPU with a 5x multi and same other settings I can go up to 300 MHz with no crashes.
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- Post #13
- Aug 31, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Upgrade path from A64 3200+ to dual core

Thanks for the welcome! Why are you saying I'm limited by my motherboard? I have tested my motherboard for up to 300 MHz by setting the CPU multiplier to 5x, HTT to 2x and memory to 1:2 and raised the FSB to 300 MHz while running 2 instances of Prime95 with no crashes and my temps were low. I...
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- Post #11
- Aug 31, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Upgrade path from A64 3200+ to dual core

I gave it 1.45v to begin with and did all my OC experiments at that voltage. I tried 1.5v but it still crashed at 2.55 GHz.
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- Post #9
- Aug 31, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Upgrade path from A64 3200+ to dual core

Well, local Fry's had X2 3800+ on sale so I went and got that plus 2 matched 1 GB sticks of Corsair XMS RAM (for a total of 2 GB). I got my rig OCed to 2.45 which is very funny because this is exact same speed as I was able to get my Venice to (3200+ to 2.45 GHz). My board seems to be able...
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- Post #7
- Aug 31, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Upgrade path from A64 3200+ to dual core

Hello all, I'm trying to figure out the upgrade path from my current system to a dual core system. Currently I have: AMD 3200+ @2.45 GHz Gigabyte K8N-SLI 2 x 512 Kingston Value RAM I have 2 goals to achieve: 1) I want to get some dual core CPU and OC that 2) I need to get to 2 GB...
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- Aug 29, 2006
- Replies: 18
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking

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