Re: How fast is the AMD K6?

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From: James Pratt
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 00:00

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>I just read an article today and the only problem with the next 
>generation of AMD K6 3D and 3D+ is that AMD has to rally software 
>manufacturers to write their applications to take advantage of AMD's 
>home-grown 3D instruction set in order for anyone to experience any real 
>benefits from this new add-on.
>
>In other words, the 3D and 3D+ is only as good as the software you're 
>running.  You won't see any added benefits from this new feature unless 
>you are running software specifically written to exploit its benefits.
>
>-- 
>Sincerely,
>Don Forbush (to reply, remove NO*SPAM from e-mail address)
>



I believe the extra large L1 cache for the 3D+ (the + has nothing to
do with new 3D instructions) would benefit software whether it was
written for it or not.

James P.

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From: james_pratt@earthling.net (James Pratt)
Subject: Re: How fast is the AMD K6?
Date: 1998/03/16
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