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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (37058)9/16/1998 1:20:00 AM
From: Maxwell  Read Replies (3) of 1571068
 
Tenchusatsu:

<<Tell that to all those crazy whack-o's buying dual Voodoo2 cards. I'm a hardcore gamer, and I think dual Voodoo2 cards are overkill for the moment.>>

Believe it or not, only the Voodoo2 can unleash the power of K6-2 and PII. Without the Voodoo2, you only get about 30-40fps in QuakeII. With Voodoo2 you get 60-80fps. Voodoo2 really enhances geometry setup which is lack in the CPU.

Here is an article which discuss the KNI vs 3DNOW we've been talking about:

zdnet.com

Important points:
1) In 3D processing 3DNOW is same as KNI
2) KNI has advantages over 3DNOW in DVD decoding and audio processing
3) KNI will be first available on Intel most expensive chips
4) All AMD chips will have 3DNOW
5) AMD will position K6-3 against Katmai

My thoughts:

A) KNI is more versatile than 3DNOW but will not be any significantly faster than 3DNOW in 3D games. Thus KNI will never replace 3DNOW.

B) AMD already stole the thunder out of KNI. KNI will just be a 3DNOW METOO from Intel to gamers.

C) Intel is half committed to KNI since not all their products have KNI. In other words, KNI may not be supported in the future CPU.

D) If Intel markets KNI well and KNI takes off then 3DNOW would become popular due to "piggy-backing" effect. CeleronA would then be back in the dog house.

Maxwell
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