I am not certain if you are referreng the next K-6 group, or the K-7.

In the K-6 group, the 266 mhz is shipping to manufacturers, but is not yet
available on the open market.  The step following this is the K-6 3D, which
will incorperate additional commands to handle graphics.  This chip is to be
a .25 micron construction.  The K-6 300mhz will probably be running on a 100
mhz bus.

The costs have not been published, for the chips alone.

I don't know if your mobo will support bus speeds in excess of 66 mhz.  As
you are running a 200 MMX (I assume, Intel), you will not get enough of a
boost in performance with less than an increase to 300 mhz  (from 200 to
233, you may not notice it, from 200 to 266, you will notice a slight
increase).

I would wait, at this point, until the available bus speeds on new mobo's
become available, and the high risk personalities have tried them out...
:-).  We can all benefit from real world trials.

The K-7 is probably not going to use the Socket 7.

Frank B Smith

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>I was wondering when the release of the next generation of AMD CPU's is
>gonna be?  Are there going to be any other advancements other than
>speed?  What will the suggested retail value be?  Also, I am thinking
>of upgrading my system.  I was wondering if it would be wise to just do
>a Pentium II mobo upgrade or to wait for AMD's new CPU's?  I have a
>200MMX w/ 32MB EDO RAM, 8x-speed CDROM, 33.6k Modem/soundcard combo, 2HD
>1.2GB and 3.2GB, and running Win '95.  I know that AMD's next generation
>is going to be socket 7 so I could just implement that to the Mobo I
>currently have right?  I have a VX mobo.  Any suggestions would be
>greatly appreciated.
>
>TIA,
>Michi Imamura