Re: Game dev system

[Habil Silva <habil.silva@netc.pt>]

----- Original Message -----
From: <dreyhau@banet.net>
To: <gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 11:00 PM
Subject: Re: Game dev system


> Thats entirley false. AMD (or at least Athlon) based systems are much more
> suited for gaming. This is becuase AMD built their processor
> with newer faster technology than Intel has. Thats really the only reason,
> Athlons are just faster. Although the Alpha is faster than the Athlon.
> I have nothing against the pentium, i just look for the best product.

Well, I must say that this isn't true anymore. The new PIII Coppermine are
kicking Athlon ass, and at lower clock speeds. Their new cores offer
256 Kb L2 cache at the same speed as the processor clock (not 1/2 as
before).
And Intel has already launched their first 1GHz Coppermine PIII.
But I guess, that the best game developer platform isn't the one that offers
the
most performance. It should be a mid-range system. Developing games for/on
high-range systems may limit their acceptance in the low-range PC market,
because they may run too slow.


Habil Silva

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: 9900746Vanvelzen <9900746Vanvelzen@hi.t.hsl.nl>
> To: <gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 3:33 AM
> Subject: RE: Game dev system
>
>
> >
> >
> > the intel processors have better compatabillity for game testing then
AMD
> >
> > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > > Van: Chris Mathis [SMTP:CMathis1@mail.ci.tucson.az.us]
> > > Verzonden: donderdag 24 februari 2000 0:01
> > > Aan: gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com; ckaiser@peregrine.com
> > > Onderwerp: Re: Game dev system
> > >
> > > personally it is a matter of preference, a lot of people say that the
> PIII
> > > is the best but i personaly have been with AMD for quite some time and
> > > enjoy it. I know that if you are looking for a processor to overclock
> the
> > > best is the Celeron 450 - 500. i personally would get a Athlon 600
with
> > > the Annihilator or Ge-force. mother board if overclocking A-Bit BP6
> > > otherwise i would not be certain, as for sound card i would go with
the
> > > soundblaster live x-gamer or platinum. let me know what you come up
with
> > > as a system and how it works would like to know.
> > >
> > > Chris Mathis
> > >
> > > >>> Chris Kaiser <ckaiser@peregrine.com> 02/23/2000 2:53:56 PM >>>
> > >
> > > Ok. I'm getting ready to buy/build a new system
> > > targeting game development and play.
> > >
> > > I'm gonna do a dual boot win98/NT, and use a seperate
> > > box for linux testing or use vmware.
> > >
> > > My question is, for both development and game play
> > > what would be your recommendation for hardware.
> > >
> > > Like... PIII or Athlon? Wait for the Quadro?
> > >
> > > Annihilator or Prophet?
> > >
> > > Motherboard?
> > >
> > > Idealy I'd like to support both OpenGL and DirectX.
> > >
> > > So what's the ideal system?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for your suggestions,
> > >
> > > Chris...
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