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Article #265Re: How fast is the AMD K6?
From: Macklin Mcleod
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 00:00
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 00:00
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I've never had a compatibility problem with AMD chips. What software doesn't run with AMD. Please name a title. Quake is optimized for Intel, but runs fine on AMD, just not as fast. I've heard of no software that fails because of AMD. Corey Johnston wrote: > I've heard that the K6 really gives the Pentium MMX and even the Pentium II > family of chips a real run for their money. While I've only used Intel chips > myself, and have found their P200MMX to be lightning fast, I believe the K6 > runs most applications faster than an equivalent Pentium; some almost as > fast as the PII. However, as their MMX Instruction set (which is compatible > with Intels) can only execute one MMX instruction per clock, Intels > processors beat the K6 by a mile. Personally, I'd like to see the K6 go > places; I'm sure it runs all Windows95 certified applications, but I've > heard reports about the Cyrix and AMD chips falling-short in compatibility > in some games. But its socket seven support makes for a great upgrade if > your motherb can handle the different voltage - not that of the standard > P54C Pentium. > > Corey Johnston > cjohnston@post1.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f8e37,ff0b7c231d5c6bc4 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8e37,public X-Google-Thread: 109e38,ff0b7c231d5c6bc4 X-Google-Attributes: gid109e38,public X-Google-Thread: 10a2ed,ff0b7c231d5c6bc4 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a2ed,public X-Google-Thread: 112149,ff0b7c231d5c6bc4 X-Google-Attributes: gid112149,public X-Google-Thread: 1045b9,ff0b7c231d5c6bc4 X-Google-Attributes: gid1045b9,public From: Macklin Mcleod <sorry@Ihatespam.com> Subject: Re: How fast is the AMD K6? Date: 1997/11/30 Message-ID: <3481D347.6AC1A246@Ihatespam.com> X-Deja-AN: 293982244 References: <343bd0f1.6856256@read.news.globalnet.co.uk> <34732972.2525209@news.v-wave.com> <3475464b.6438638@news-server> <01bcf6d4$ca0bc580$55e0d2cc@jroberson.columbus.rr.com> <65lpaq$3vt$1@s3000-01.magna.com.au> Organization: Interlog Internet Services Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,biz.comp.hardware,comp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc