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Bryan Tyson <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 20 Apr 1999 20:40:20 EDT
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In a message dated 4/20/99 3:17:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, David writes:

<< not only does the Cyrix execute most common instructions
 faster than the Pentium, it also handles the CPU load associated with
 IDE/EIDE much better, giving it excellent bang-per-buck in typical business
 and desktop applications. >>

I'd be interested in David's (or other people's) comments about how the MII
stacks up against the K6-2. I had a Cyrix PR-200 (I think it was called 6x86
or something like that) which I was very pleased with, then it seemed like
AMD was getting all the attention, so I switched back to AMD. Are Cyrix's
chips holding up to the same performance levels as their AMD counterparts?

Also, did I understand correctly that when you see a MII-300 that is a PR
rating, not actual clock speed? If that's true, I think they should put PR in
front like they used to.

Bryan S. Tyson
Greenville SC

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