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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (35383)	8/1/1998 12:02:00 PM
From: Gary Ng	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575047

Jim, Re: It's a moot point because LX/EX boards offer no upgrade path Oh, really ? How long do you expect to use your MB+CPU combination before you want to upgrade ? I remembered people saying how evil Intel was by switching to Slot 1 and how great K6/Cyrix will be because all one needed is to buy a faster CPU and plug it into their existing Socket 7 board ? The reality is, first the old motherboard may not have the necessary voltage for newer, faster CPU. Second, to get the benefit of faster speed, the bus needs to be changed to (66->100). The net result is if I have an old Socket 7 motherboard, no matter whether I want to upgrade to K6-2 or PII, it must be MB + CPU. The whole upgrade path issue is a myth. The only thing that can extend from one generation to another is most likely the monitor. Not even RAM, HD. I sure don't want to put my old 500MB HD in my newly upgraded machine. >On pricewatch Super 7 boards list for $84 and up Have you bought one ? I don't know about their source but the cheapest SS7 board in my area is US$110 and 440LX/EX is US$80. I don't care about upgrade as the next time I upgrade, it would be 18 months later and by then even 440GX will be considered outdated. >If super 7 boards are more, which I doubt, it's likely >because they are in great demand compared to outdated LX You can interpret it whatever way you want. I just state the facts. Gary