On Sun, Apr 30, 2000 at 11:46:24PM +0530, eccentric globetrotter wrote:
> 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.
>
oh, u think the tri-level cache is BS? i think u ought ta brush up on u're tech
concepts pretty soon. i think shanu has already told that the athlon is the equivalent
of a piii. the fact that k6-3 was released when p3 was released doesn't make any
difference. AMD was late to bring out its competitor as against the p2. the piii,
esp. the copermine, kix Athlon's ass anyday. 3dnow, MMX, SSE, katmai, all these
do make a difference, but that's not much as compared to the raw clock speed of
the processors.
and as far as 3dnow goes, all it can be used in is in the video card drivers, to
accelerate them too. unless u've got a good 3d accelerator, u're not gonna see
any FPS i u're games. all u're gonna get is SFP (secs. per frame). heh. w/o
a 3d card u'll be needing a beowulf to do u're rendering.
> 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.
>
i think its better that u dont elaborate more. either u haven't seen a copermine
performing, or u've been living in a cave all this while long. the copermine
justifies the higher price. have u thought about SMP at all? Athlon doesn't do
any _reliable_ SMP. even a dual celeron system will beat an Athlon anyday. I'm
not saying that the Athlon hasn't got stuff, but the PIII is better off, if u're
willing to pay the extra moolah. IIRC, Athlons have a bit of RISC in them. Have
u seen the similarity between the arch. of an Athlon and a 68000?
> 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.
>
now u're really off! savage is an S3 card. and voodoo cards are from 3dfx. the
last i heard, they're 2 _different_ companies. and NVIDIA is the OSS nightmare.u say
3dfx's days are over eh? i wonder why the V5 6000 manages to kick even NVIDIA's
latest GeForce 2's ass. have u even heard of the ATI Radeon 256? as for the
"tweak" u mention in the Creative TNT2 cards, its just an emulater for the glide
instruction set, which is available for any card that does D3D. glide is on the
downhill ride, its support is not very important t'day. But if u've seen glide
in all its glory on _original_ 3dfx cards, u'll see the difference in quality
and clarity. i think ppl. need to dig out _facts_ before they say anything.
Nikhil.
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