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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (50441)2/22/1999 2:44:00 PM
From: Petz  Read Replies (3) of 1576893
 
Does DirectX 6.1 have Pentium III optimizations? NO,
according to results at ars-technica.
ars-technica.com
Tests run using latest Riva TNT drivers ("Detonator")
at 800x600x16
Retail
CPU Price 3DMark 99 800x600x16
Celeron 300A $73 2429
@450 MHz
Pentium II 450 $547 2399
Pentium III 500 $755 2534

Wow, for ten times the price you can get 4% better performance using
Intel's imitation of 3DNow and Microsofts highly optimized Direct X
6.1 software! Looks to me like Microsoft screwed Intel royally.

Petz
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