Need advice on selecting processor

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From: William R. Cousert
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 1998 00:00

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I will be purchasing a new Pentium 2 based system, probably around the
middle of February. I have heard that the 300 MHz Pentium 2 is only 2%
faster than the 266 MHz version, yet costs about twice as much. Is this
true? I can't see paying that much for such a small increase in performance.

Can someone post the differences in speed for the following clock speeds?
Assume that all computers are configured the same (memory, hard drive,
display, OS etc.)

233 MHz Pentium 2
266 Mhz Pentium 2
300 MHz Pentium 2

and when available....

333 MHz Pentium 2
400 MHz Pentium 2

How do the K6 and other non Intel CPU's compare, especially when
overclocked?

Please reply by e-mail, as well as posting to this group.

Thanks,

-Bill Cousert
bcousertNOSPAM@earthlink.net (remove NOSPAM to reply)

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From: "William R. Cousert" <bcousertNOSPAM@earthlink.net>
Subject: Need advice on selecting processor
Date: 1998/01/05
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