[vorbis] Are AMDs preferable? [was: Choosing a processor]

[ndrw mchl grnbrg]

fungus <spam at egg.chips.and.spam.com> wrote:
: ndrw mchl grnbrg wrote:
: > 
: > The problem with AMD's processors is that the only company that seems to
: > make motherboard chipsets for them is VIA, and they seem to be having
: > trouble making a product that is 100% stable. I'm sure that others have
: > had better luck than I have, but my experiences with VIA-based system
: > boards have not been pleasant ones.
: > 
: 
: I just upgraded to an Athlon three weeks ago and haven't seen
: any problems at all (and I spend all day doing 3D graphics
: with AGP 4x enabled). It just worked.
: 
: FWIW, my board had a "reccomended by AMD" label on it.

It's possible the newest batch of chipsets are better. Most of the
problems I ran into were related to IRQ-sharing, btw.


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