Don Gray wrote:

> Jun Qian wrote:
>
> >> Some of the hype on the AMD web site says it will run Quake II as fast as a
> >> Pentium 2 400. Any thoughts on the subject will be greatly appreciated.
>
> > Even there is no defference runing Quake II on a K6 or a PII, the K6 FPU is
> > still much slower than PII, which does matter if you'd like to play 3D game.
> >
> > J Qian
>
> Does that really make a difference if your using a 3D graphics card?  In other
> words, does a good 3D game card override the performance loss on a CPU?
>

A good 3D card makes all the difference in a game. The K6-2 also has special 3D
instructions, that the PII does not, that are there to handle all the 3D action.

Jose