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To: Scumbria who wrote (106960)	8/4/2000 1:09:48 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) of 186894

Scumbria, <K6 made huge inroads into Intel's market. It was the platform of choice for gamers.> Tom said K6 was going to trounce Pentium II in performance. K6 made inroads only because AMD discovered the new sub-$1000 PC market, which Intel missed. <I don't remember this one. [Tom said absolutely no one will go along with AGP]> Tom thought AGP was yet another attempt by Intel to force a new interface down the collective throats of the industry. He also had the "benchmarks" to show that PCI graphics controllers like Voodoo2 were better than AGP controllers at the time. While he made a few valid points, in the end he was ultimately proven wrong now that AGP is now a universally accepted standard. <The fundamental principle was correct. Intel moved away from slot 1 for the reasons that Tom cited. At the time Tom made his prediction, Intel did not offer a socketed processor, so it was not an option.> This isn't about sockets vs. slots in general. This is about Socket 7 vs. Slot 1 specifically. Tom once again thought this was another attempt by Intel to shove a proprietary standard down the industry's throat. Why force people to Slot 1 when there's a huge established Socket 7 infrastructure, Tom asked. Funny how Tom didn't complain once when AMD moved to Slot A with Athlon. <3DNow made AMD very popular among gamers. K6-2 was the platform of choice for gamers for a long time.> 3DNow ultimately proved to be a failure. When the Mendocino Celeron was released, it soon proved to be faster at games than even K6-2 w/ 3DNow enabled. <Your criticism of Tom is rather hollow.> Well, I guess that all depends on what your definition of "hollow" is, right? ;-) Tenchusatsu

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