Re: How fast is the AMD K6?

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From: Eric van Bezooijen
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 00:00

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In article <34732972.2525209@news.v-wave.com>,
Mieszko <mporadzi@xgpu.srv.ualberta.ca> wrote:
>This thread is getting nowhere. If I was going to buy a computer
>merely for it's FPU, I'd go with the AMD. I have a P200 MMX and I've
>seen it work. I've also seen my pentium get toasted by AMD k6 166.
>
>The point is, if you're going to play games, get yourself Ninetendo or
>Sony. AMD is definitely the choice for the money right now. You'd have
>to be a f***ing tool to buy a whole machine for one game. I can just
>see the flood of guys telling some stupid program runs better on
>Intel, don't bother I have two.
>

Hmm, I bought my PC after I saw someone playing "Dune II" on theirs.  I
guess I'm a f***ing tool!

-Eric
--
Eric van Bezooijen     eric@activesw.com     http://www.activesw.com/~eric
"But the meaning of life is a mystery, that we don't understand so far.
 And the music of life is a rhapsody if you're happy the way that you are"
   -- "Freudiana"

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From: eric@godzilla.berkeley.edu (Eric van Bezooijen)
Subject: Re: How fast is the AMD K6?
Date: 1997/11/21
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