[bf1942] P4 or Athlon for server platform?

Mon May 12 06:10:41 EDT 2003

Not sure of the US to Australian conversion rate But it cant be that bad....
900 $ would buy 4 Good Gaming rigs here http://tcwo.com  You have to build
yourself, But that's a breeze anymore ;)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tristan Gulyas" <zardoz at shafted.com.au>
To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 10:29 PM
Subject: [bf1942] P4 or Athlon for server platform?


> Howdy all,
>
> we're about to purchase some server gear for our Melbourne-based LAN
gaming
> events (~300-400 players) and we're trying to decide between the Athlon or
> P4 platforms.  I'm fairly set on an Athlon 2500+ on an nForce2 board with
> either 512MB or 1GB RAM, however, we're also considering some of the lower
> end P4 offerings.
>
> We can't really spend much more than AU$900 on each machine so we're on a
> bit of a budget, although if the P4 offers *that much more* performance,
> then we might be able to strech it a tad.
>
> thanks in advance,
> ---
> Tristan Gulyas
> zardoz at shafted.com.au
> http://zardoz.hotblack.net/
> "We are the music makers..and we are the dreamers of the dream"
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