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To: pae who wrote (340)	3/8/1998 5:09:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (1) of 14778

Memory reuse strategy....350-400-450 not worth it? from the PII site From Damion Valentine Subject Upgrading to a Pentium II? Hello all. I am a professional graphic designer and I have a few tips for those of you caught up in Intel's pricing game. Don't get too excited about 100Mhz busses because they are not going to make anything but a 10_ speed increase and that's ONLY for memory operations. This is because the only component that will be able to operate at 100Mhz is RAM. For now, this is just a gimmick by Intel to make people spend large amounts of money. Secondly, I hear over and over again people stressing about.."I'm gonna get the 350Mhz when it comes out!! Or I'm gonna get the 400Mhz!!" Let me tell you this, the best deal will be a 333Mhz when the 350/400 come out. I can see people spending ludicrous amounts of money on things right when they come out. That is a BIG mistake! The speed increase has no relevance to anybody but somebody doing SERIOUS graphics or audio or server work. All of you who want to spend all the money on the 400s, let me tell you, THERE IS NO POINT!! A couple of months later they will have a 450Mhz and then when Katmai comes out, all your expensive equipment will be junk. Katmai is actually the first processor worth upgrading to since it actually improves Intel's horrible Floating Point performance and get it on par with Mac's and RISC based systems. And it will only be at that time that you may get MAYBE a 20/25_ increase due to your 100Mhz buses. Oh, and by the way, the special Ram you are going to spend your money on for the 350/400Mhz systems, you are going have to throw them away because "Katmai" uses SLDRAM only (it will be out at the same time as the chip. So when you look at the whole picture the 350/400/450 systems will be the shortest lived, most costly (for those who buy it) generation of chips to date since you can't even use the SDRAM that you have now OR your ATX case. You're gonna have to bust a new ATX 2.1 power supply. So be forewarned my fellow computer compatriots...do not spend too much money and look for the best deal. bold added

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