Re: How fast is the AMD K6?

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From: BOB
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 00:00

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Check your Directx 5.0 installation tto see if all the drivers are certified
as installed.
Kelly Patrick McNamara wrote in message <664dl4$af1@snews2.zippo.com>...
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>Kai MacTane wrote in message <3485a397.4766951@199.190.65.4>...
>>On Mon, 01 Dec 1997 14:41:14 +0800, hmy28@pacific.net.sg wrote:
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>>>I have a AMD K6 200 on Windows 95 OSR2.  None of the MMX application I
>>>encountered can run.  Sega's Cyber Troops On Virtual MMX don't run.
>>>Xingplayer hang when MMX check box is checked.  Any idea?
>>
>>Well, a K6 is the equivalent of a Penium Pro, *not* a Pentium MMX.
>>That could be your problem, although the software should be written to
>>take advantage of MMX technology, not rely on it completely.
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>The K6 is unlike the Pentium Pro because the K6 has MMX built in.
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>>If Xingplayer hangs when the MMX box is checked, but runs OK without
>>the MMX box checked, this would bear out the idea that you have a
>>non-MMX chip.
>
>If this person is dealing with a K6, it's MMX enabled because all
>K6 chips have MMX.
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From: "BOB" <Yeah@right.com>
Subject: Re: How fast is the AMD K6?
Date: 1997/12/04
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