Re: Intel Price Drop?

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From: Pizza
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 00:00

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On 30 Apr 1997 01:32:20 GMT, jeff krug <krug@angband.gt.ed.net> spewed:

>Pizza <pizza@cc.gatech.edu> wrote:
>: Actually you're wrong.  The MMX chips have a larger on-board Cache (32K, I
>: believe) so they are about 5-10% faster than the equivalent P5 w/o MMX.
>
>: 5-10% faster in EVERYTHING.
>
>You have to have one the motherboards with a special MMX chipset to take 
>advantage of this increase.

Nope.  The larger cache works no matter what chipset you have.  However,
the MMx chip use a lower CPU core voltage (2.45v) so you need a mobo which
supports it.
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Solomon "Pizza" Peachy                                 pizza@cc.gatech.edu
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       "Ah, an open mind.  The essense of intellect." - Garek

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From: pizza@cc.gatech.edu (Pizza)
Subject: Re: Intel Price Drop?
Date: 1997/04/30
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