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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (47181)	7/11/2001 10:51:34 PM
From: milo_morai	Respond to of 275872

<font color=red>Maximum PC August 2001 page 30 (Vol 6 No 8)- A must read. Ultimate Upgrade Bible-CPUs and MOBOs some excerpts from Page 30 "...The Athlon's core architecture is loaded with floating-point units that help the CPU post dominating scores in pretty much every 3D game, save those based on the Quake /// engine..." "...Please be aware that Intel will soon release a new motherboard socket for the P4, and may dump Direct RDRAM as its memory of choice. The AMD platform, meanwhile, is more stable.(Socket A mobo connectors and DDR memory will be supported for the foreseeable future.) With its lower prices, cheaper memory, and firm upgrading roadmap, the Athlon is the easy choice for ultimate upgraders..." Under the Pic on the page is this title. Mobo The Tyan Thunerbird K7 is a dual-Athlon motherboard. You can do no better. It's a typo should read Thunder K7 Still very good article. Milo