Re: How fast is the AMD K6?

Article View: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips

Article #293

Back to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips Previous Next

#293

From: Kai MacTane
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 1997 00:00

25 lines
2191 bytes

On Thu, 4 Dec 1997 10:10:57 +1000, "BOB" <Yeah@right.com> wrote:

>>>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.
>>
>>The K6 is unlike the Pentium Pro because the K6 has MMX built in.
>>
>>>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.

Apparently I was misinformed about the nature of K6es and MMX, and the
advice I was giving was incorrect.  My thanks are in order to those
who have set me straight on this issue. I must advise the original
poster to ignore my previous statements. 

------------------- Kai MacTane ----------------
                Assistant Sysadmin
                  Online Partners
------------------- kai@logx.com ---------------

Technical Details

Message-ID: <348c3f49.2113920@199.190.65.4>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail

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$1@s3000-01.magna.com.au> <3481D347.6AC1A246@Ihatespam.com> <34825C0A.4028@pacific.net.sg> <3485a397.4766951@199.190.65.4> <664dl4$af1@snews2.zippo.com> <664s58$fo81@sol.connect.usq.edu.au>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: f8e37,ff0b7c231d5c6bc4
X-Google-Attributes: gidf8e37,public
X-Google-Thread: 112149,ff0b7c231d5c6bc4
X-Google-Attributes: gid112149,public
X-Google-Thread: 109e38,ff0b7c231d5c6bc4
X-Google-Attributes: gid109e38,public
X-Google-Thread: 1045b9,ff0b7c231d5c6bc4
X-Google-Attributes: gid1045b9,public
X-Google-Thread: 10a2ed,ff0b7c231d5c6bc4
X-Google-Attributes: gid10a2ed,public
From: kai@logx.com (Kai MacTane)
Subject: Re: How fast is the AMD K6?
Date: 1997/12/08
Message-ID: <348c3f49.2113920@199.190.65.4>
X-Deja-AN: 296340109
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$1@s3000-01.magna.com.au> <3481D347.6AC1A246@Ihatespam.com> <34825C0A.4028@pacific.net.sg> <3485a397.4766951@199.190.65.4> <664dl4$af1@snews2.zippo.com> <664s58$fo81@sol.connect.usq.edu.au>
Organization: Online Partners
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,biz.comp.hardware,comp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc

Reply to Parent Message