Re: How fast is the AMD K6?

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From: Don Dew
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 00:00

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The K6 does not have as fast of a floating point unit as Intel chips,
however the rest of the chip is better.  So - if you are talking Windows
performance - K6 all the way (unless you're thinking Pentium II, but you're
talking 3 times as much money).  If you are talking Quake - it's playable,
but not as good as the pentiums.  In my opinion - buy a K6, and then spend
another $160 on the Orchid Righteous 3D to play GL quake and other Direct 3D
games.  Quake will hit approximately 27 frames per second with the Orchid
and a K6 200.

Don


Peter Hucker wrote in message
<3479776b.16050497@read.news.globalnet.co.uk>...
Does the K6 have a floating point unit as good as intel chips?   It
needs to be able to play quake :-)



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> Does anyone know what happens if you install Win 95 on a system with 2
> processors?

It crashes twice.

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From: "Don Dew" <dew6818@fredonia.edu>
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Date: 1997/10/23
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