Re: How fast is the AMD K6?

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From: K Dunne
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 00:00

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From what I have read this is wrong. MMX needs to be called by MMX enhanced
software. Wheras 3D and 3D+ will be activated and used atomatically
whenever a game or application requires 3D rendering much the same way
direct X uses your dedicated 3d card at the moment. If a game uses direct
3d it will use the primary 3d card and or 3D 3D+ if it is available. The
game should not need direct initialisation of 3D instructions as with MMX.
Direct X will see the 3D 3D+  CPU determine if the game needs it and then
use it.... 

RiPT <slurp@nospam.yermom.org> wrote in article
<3eEO.48$gq2.1066524@reader1.cleveland.iagnet.net>...
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> jd1 wrote in message <350840ac.0@news.cyberenet.net>...
> >Sound like what Intel has been trying to do since it introduced MMX ;)
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> >>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.
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> just like MMX, and 99% of the software in use today dont even use it!
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From: "K Dunne" <kdunne@argo.net.au>
Subject: Re: How fast is the AMD K6?
Date: 1998/03/16
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