Michael Brown wrote:

Larry Gagnon wrote:
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 19:05:39 +0000, Byron Hinson wrote:

Currently I am on a AMD 2100+ CPU system, with Radeon 9600XT
graphics card - I get about 3700 mark in 3D Mark 2003. I am
considering buying a PC that has an AMD 64 3000+ chip in it - will
I notice a major performance jump?

Not unless you switch to Linux! ;-)

Actually, he'll notice a big performance drop if he goes to Linux. ATI's
Linux drivers are absolutely hopeless. Instant lockups on my SMP system,
memory leaks and terrible performance (9800SE runs UT only marginally
faster than a GF2MX) on my uniprocessor system, and they don't have any
64-bit drivers. So, yeah, ATI + 32-bit Linux = bad, ATI + 64-bit Linux =
no go


Without arguing the point, aside from gaming problems on your system... what
he will gain is system performance like he's never, ever imagined. A 64 bit
linux desktop, is a real performer bar none. Not even the win 64 beta comes
close.

If he's suck in windows because of windows games.... then simply setup a
dual booting desktop. I'd wager a bet that he'd eventually stop booting
into windows before long.

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