If you are not playing games the AMD substitution will be OK, but while the
price looks good the shortcomings of the K6 floating point processing makes
it a poor substitute in first person shooters, (i.e. Quake/Unreal.)

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Dodder <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, August 09, 1998 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] 233 mhz w/MMX


>Why don't you just use an AMD 233 MMX?  it's cheaper and faster in windows
>anyway,and can be overclocked..Can usually be had for less than $100.I
>don't mean to sound like a smart A**,but just a thot.
>
>Dan
>At 08:38 AM 09/08/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>I have been looking for an Intel Pentium 233 processor with MMX but have
>>been unable to find any in stock except for one place in California. They
>>are asking $180 for the chip which is too high
>>for me.
-cut-
>>Bill McMilleon, Sr.
>>[log in to unmask]
>>
>