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Article #3596Re: Do I Still Have MMX???
From: Pedro Meireles
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 00:00
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Jack North wrote in message <6cg5ln$rdv@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>... >I bought my 233MHz MMX system in December from a mail-order firm. Due to a >problem of the system freezing once in Win 95 they sent a service rep to >replace the motherboard. Everything is fine now, but... >The system used to display "233 MHz MMX" during boot up, and I think on My >Computer\Properties. This is no longer diaplayed, and I've looked everywhere >(except under the fan at the actual chip) to see some confirmation that this >is, indeed, an MMX machine. Is there someplace this should show up? I've >looked at the boot up screens, CMOS setup, Device Manager. > >Thanks, >Jack Well, unless you're using Win98 Beta, you can't see if your processor is an MMX in My Computer/Properties, because Win95 does not make the distinction between an MMX and a normal Pentium. There's a benchmark called Final Reality, that detects if a processor is MMX and displays it on the screen. You can get it here: http://www.remedy-ent.com/fr/ Hope this helps! Pedro Meireles.
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