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To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (58038)	5/13/1999 1:58:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (3) of 1573197

<WOW! That's a +50% increase in performance. MS must be heavily using 3DNow! in their new games.> Not really. Back when the K6-2 w/ 3DNow! was released, Tom's Hardware measured an 87% increase in Quake II on a Voodoo2, and a 66% increase in 3D Winbench 98 on an old Riva128: tomshardware.com The comparison was between a K6-2 and a K6, both running at 300 MHz, both on a 100 MHz bus. Now almost a year has gone by since that intro of the K6-2, and some web site decides to perform the same comparison again to demonstrate a 50% improvement? And this test was performed using the latest drivers from Nvidia? (The web site was even using a K6-2 CXT core underclocked to 300 MHz. When Tom did his original 3DNow! review, the CXT wasn't available.) Pardon me if I feel underwhelmed. Tenchusatsu

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