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Re: AMD K6 - 2 /300
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Don Gray <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 14 Aug 1998 08:57:39 -0700
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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?

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Don Gray
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