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Re: AMD CPU [message #29120 is a reply to message #29022]

Wed, 30 January 2002 08:30

Craig Markwardt
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"Richard Tyc" <richt@sbrc.umanitoba.ca> writes:

> Are ther any implications with IDL when running on AMD CPU's (Duron, Athlon
> etc) as compared to Intel ?
>
> I thought it was a non issue, but the salesman at the computer store did
> mention that some customers using "high end graphics and video editing
> software" have experienced problems on AMD based PC's compared with Intel's.
> Not sure where IDL fits here but thought I should ask about anyone's bad
> experiences...

We use IDL on an Athlon dual CPU system and it smokes! Floating point
performance has been noted to be better on Athlons. [ After a bout of
bad memory, ] we haven't noticed any problems at all.

Craig

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		AMD CPU By: Richard Tyc on Wed, 30 January 2002 08:11
		Re: AMD CPU By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Thu, 31 January 2002 09:54
		Re: AMD CPU By: Robert Stockwell on Wed, 30 January 2002 16:13
		Re: AMD CPU By: Brian Jackel on Wed, 30 January 2002 13:32
		Re: AMD CPU By: Rick Towler on Wed, 30 January 2002 13:34
		Re: AMD CPU By: Andrew Cool on Wed, 30 January 2002 13:15
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		Re: AMD CPU By: Richard Tyc on Wed, 30 January 2002 10:07
		Re: AMD CPU By: bgeer on Wed, 30 January 2002 08:59
		Re: AMD CPU By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Wed, 30 January 2002 08:45
		Re: AMD CPU By: Craig Markwardt on Wed, 30 January 2002 08:30

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