>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.
well.. i never said that k6-3 is a rival of p-!!! all that i said was that is was
brought out at the same time as p-!!! and was nothing but a marketing stunt by AMD.
Ofcourse yes lots of cache is good news... but it is actually a trade off.. so just
for that much more cache i wouldnt be willing to pay 100$ more. This kind of pricing
is intel culture and i am not willing to accept is. I respect your views on this
matter but I was just being more practical.
>
>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?
yes coppermine technology is awesome... but thats not why u r paying the extra cash...
you are paying the cash because... intel's yield has been very poor.
As far as raw processing power goes err... i disagree.
oh yeah i forgot about the SMP. Try Duron :)
>now u're really off! savage is an S3 card. and voodoo cards are from 3dfx.
*phew* misunderstanding.. i never said savage is 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?
No i havent.. i am mailing from the paeleolithic age.. yoohooo how are you guys doing
in the future :)
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.
ok :( i will take your advice.
with all due respect to the people of this list .. i think i have dragged my crap too
far.. so its time to shut up rather than misleading anyone. Alas! little knowledge is
a dangerous thing. I withdraw whatever advice i gave about video cards.
ps : Please buy P!!!... i wouldnt :)
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