Re: another non roc

[Brian McGarvey <brianm@zbt62.eastnet.gatech.edu>]

actually AMD has been ahead of INTEL clock for clock since the
introduction of the Athlon processor. prior to that you are correct.
brian


On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, Andre Persaud wrote:

> Only recently has AMD caught up with Intel for clock speed to clock speed
> comparison. you should see some gains but nothing dramatic. Also depends on
> if your current software can take advantage of MMX instructions.
>
> Andre
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "T Berk" <tberk@mindspring.com>
> To: <jlagnese@cybertours.com>
> Cc: <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 4:13 AM
> Subject: Re: another non roc
>
>
> > John Lagnese wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > I have a chance to pick up a Pentium 233 MMX to replace my 200 AMD? It
> > > is a new chip for $30. Is an MMX much better?
> > > John
> > >
> > > --
> >
> > The AMD usually runs better than a given Pentium of the same sped so I'd
> > say it was a wash.
> >
> > The MMX part is special codes that respond if the programer has written
> > for it, otherwise it's not doing anything. Meant to speed up graphics &
> > games and such.
> >
> > $30 aint bad but it's only a little jump in Mhz.
> >
> > hth,
> > TBerk
> >
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