At 09:34 AM 1/2/01 +0000, you wrote:
>My question is if an AMD K5 has the same instruction set as an Intel Pentium
>? Or is it just a 'pushed-up' 486 ?
>I just set up a pc with spare parts, that's the K5 i'm talking about. First
>i noticed that Netscape 4.72 always crashed at a given moment (always during
>scrolling), then the computer just seems to freeze, and i can reboot... I
>installed Opera and that works just fine. I also tried to install a game
>that needs a pentium, and it always fails during installation, though in
>that case the computer doesn't freeze.
>So i'm wondering if this is caused by a difference in instruction set
>between K5 and Pentium ?
>The K5 has 32Meg RAM and runs Win95 (first version).
>
>thanks,
>piwi
K5 IS a pentium class, but the AMD chipset/systems seemed to be remarkably
unstable in that generation, I recall hearing constant complaints and
requests for tech help on my various lists when that system was still new.
The k6-2 from AMD does not suffer same so I suppose they worked out the bugs.
Something to do with how it's built cheaply.
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