Re: How fast is the AMD K6?

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From: James Tonsager
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1997 00:00

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SH wrote:

> K5 133 is as fast as a p133! It blows away a p75. What is wrong with you
> people? You think anything that says PENTIUM is automatically faster then
> anything else? Intel has ALOT of chinks in their armor that are going to be
> exposed very soon by AMD.
>
> steve wolfe wrote:
>
> > espomen@erols.com wrote:
> > >
> > > Well, I don't know about the K6, but I know the FPU of my AMD 5x86 133
> > > is only the equivalent of an Intel P75. Which is why I say: Go Intel!
> > >
> > > ;-)
> > >
> > > John
> >
> > The AMD 5x86 133mhz is supposed to be about as fast as the pentium 75.
> > Unless you meant the K5 133 instead of the 5x86??
> >
> > Steve

 The 586 is a souped-up 486 chip; the K5 is a Pentium-class chip. Big
difference there. Very big.

--
James Tonsager

The world keeps ending but new people too dumb to know
it keep showing up as if the fun's just started.

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From: James Tonsager <jtonsa@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: How fast is the AMD K6?
Date: 1997/11/04
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