Re: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?

[Joseph S. Gardner]

Vic wrote:
> 
> Just curious
> 
> I use an AMD K6-3 400.
> 
> I know this is an older slower chip, but
> it appears to run decently with 7.0-2.
> Is K6-3 a cousin to the Pentium or Pentium3?
> 
> Is the Athlon a totally new architecture or
> more related to the K6-3?
> 
The Athlon is  a totally new arch. the K6-2 was related to PII
and I suspec the K6-3 is related to the PIII's although the K6's
still used socket-7's. The Athlon uses their own propritary Slot A
technology (bad AMD 8-))  I have several K6-2-300's around and they
run very well with 7.0 and 7.1 and my Athlon (K7) runs like a scaled
dog.

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Joseph S Gardner

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