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To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (70996)	9/4/1999 6:29:00 AM
From: TGPTNDR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575502

CyberMax releases K7 Excuse if previously posted. CyberMax has released versions ranging in price from $1400 to $2300. The $1500 specs as follows. Processor: 500MHz AMD Athlon™ w/ Enhanced 3DNow!™ Technology K7 MBD featuring AMD-750 Chipset & 200MHz Front Side Bus Hard Drive:10.2 GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive Memory:128 MB PC100 RAM Floppy Drive: 3.5" 1.44 Floppy Drive VGA Card: 3dfx™ Voodoo3™ 3000 16MB 3D AGP Graphics Accelerator DVD-ROM: 6x Max Variable (32x Max Variable CD-ROM) Modem: V.90 Standard 56K Voice/ Fax Modem w/ Speakphone Monitor: CyberMax 19" (18.0" VA) .26dp Color Keyboard: Enhanced 104-key with Microsoft PS/2 Mouse OS: Microsoft Windows™ 98 V2 & Corel WordPerfect™ Office 2000 Standard & Max's Enthusiast Pack Sound Card: Aureal3d Vortex2 Speakers: Altec Lansing ACS45.1 Powercube Speakers w/ Subwoofer Printer: Canon Bubble-Jet Printer BJC2000 (w/ $30 mail-in rebate) Scanner: Color Image Scanner Cartridge IS-22 (w/ $50 mail-in rebate) The $2300 K7-600, 20G Drive, 3dfx Voodoo3 3500, 6xdvd, 21" Monitor, ADA305 Speakers cybermaxpc.com tgptndr

To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (70996)	9/4/1999 3:17:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575502

Pravin - Re: "No comment on these figures? I would think a 64 bit K8 could match or beat the Merced numbers. " SUre it could ! I'll bet the K8 can do 75 GigaFlops - maybe 3000 GigaFlops. Now, all AMD has to do is DESIGN it and manufacture it. Meanwhile, Merced is up and running at Intel and "selected" customer sites. Paul

To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (70996)	9/4/1999 4:01:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575502

<No comment on these figures? I would think a 64 bit K8 could match or beat the Merced numbers.> Pravin, first of all, what do you know about the K8? Are you positive that its going to follow the EV7 architecture? Do you know that in essense, the EV7 is nothing more than an EV6 core with four DRDRAM controllers integrated onto the processor die? (There's other stuff as well, but that's the general idea.) And second, even though Intel is expecting excellent performance out of Merced, McKinley will make Merced look weak. Unless K8 is going to appear before McKinley (or Madison and Deerfield for that matter), it would make no sense whatsoever to compare it to Merced. Tenchusatsu