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On Mon, 27 Oct 1997 05:35:23 GMT, nobody@nowhere.net wrote:

>Why does the title ask about the AMD K6 and all of you talk about your
>AMD K5's? I've got an AMD K6/233 and it's several times faster than my
>Pentium 120. I can play Quake, Redneck Rampage and all my other games
>at the highest resolutions and other settings without a hitch. And as
>far as compatability goes, I've got thousands of megs worth of
>software and I haven't found anything that it won't run better than
>any of my two Pentiums. The K5 was AMD's answer to the 486 that fits
>on a Pentium motherboard. The K6 is AMD's answer to the Pentium
>itself. Give me a K6 over a Pentium anyday.
>
>Ryan <jrrricha@indiana.edu> wrote:
>
>>Yours must be different than mine.  My AMD 5x86/133 cpu runs Quake
>>slower than a Pentium 100.  It's playable, but just a little slow.  
>>Now my Cyrix chip, I think that demonstrates something...it sure 
>>isn't as fast as a Pentium of equal clock.  (clock, not rating)
>
>>> Hell, whats with all of the talk about low fpu.  My AMD 5X86 133
>>> (enhanced 486) plays Quake like it was a Pentium 120.  
>>> Centron
>


Actually, they are talking about the AMD 5x86, not the K5. The K5
was as fast as a classic Pentium.

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