I dont know how relevant all this info is but still.
k6-2 was released as a competitor to p-II. As far as floating point operations are
concerned p-II did better... but for regular applications.. k6-2 faired much better.
So its a trade off... frankly if u are playing games... by p-2 otherwise k6-2 is a
better buy. Besides... these days the 3dnow technology is well supported... so
graphics is well taken care off... p-2 is better doesnt in anyway impy k6-2 is bad...
looking at the price to performance ratio is it a good buy.
k6-3 was release when p-3 was released. it has the tri-level cache concept which is
plain bullshit and a waste of money. k6-2 is a better buy than that.
But if i am buying anything from the current market.... Athlon is the one to go for...
it kicks ass and i wont elaborate anymore. This is one time AMD had really come up
with a masterpiece. No wonder it holds 49% of the marketshare already. It main
advantage is sheer processing power. Yes P!!! is great too... but it is way to
expensive. Buy a good m/b.
As a word of caution... if any1 is buying athlon... and obviously an athlon m/b then..
be careful not to buy cardex or asus riva tnt2 cards... go for creative.
for 3dfx as such u need to buy voodoo cards... savage .. err hehe sorry their days are
over. Creative Riva TNT2 (beware not M64) is a good buy because it has a tweak for
3dfx so u can enjoy best of both worlds. Diamond Viper 770 is good too. And ofcourse..
for something offbeat but excellent... try matrox g400 dual head.. its a heavenly
experience. bla bla bla... i am sick of typing so much... buy anything yaar...
everything is good... btw... just for info... hehe i have a s3 virge in one of my
machines and frankly... its good enough.
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On Sun, 30 Apr 2000 21:32:36 Nick Hill wrote:
>The PIII copermine beats Athlon anyday.
>
>On Sat, Apr 29, 2000 at 02:13:36PM +0530, Bhavin Sheth wrote:
>> Hi Jayanth,
>>
>> when u check out K6, take care to see if it is K6-2 or K6-III. K6-2 is
>> supposed to be opposite to P-II but at the same clock speeds, P-II is a far
>> better performer than K6-2. P-III is supposed to be equivalent to a K6-III
>> but K6-III doesnt show a good performance in processer intensive tasks
>> (even when it has the 3D-Now! instuction set). But if u really got lots of
>> money to spend, go for AMD's Athlon (say) 700 Mhz. combined with 128MB RAM
>> and a good 3dfx card (S3-Savage 4), your system will fly ! personally I
>
>now i'm confused. aren't 3dfx and S3 to _different_ companies? ;)
>
>The savage 4 sux. get a 3dfx V3.
>
>Nikhil.
>
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