[NTLUG:Discuss] is an AMD XP the same as a Celeron????

[Chris Cox]

Paul Drew wrote:
> Howdy,
> I have been an AMD guy for quite a few years now, and I have to say that 
> I have NEVER ever had a heat issue once. I also tend to be pretty anal 
> about ventilation, airflow, higher end heatsinks, and fans. I am always 
> running pretty cool with no issues. I do have lots of friends who are 
> either unlucky or have crappy setups because they have horrible heat 
> issues all the time. But, I know P4 people with the same issues though.

Oddly enough (power cutoff aside), I've heard that AMD chips stand up
to heat better than their Intel counterparts... obviously, I don't
want to experiment to find out if this is true or not.