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To: Burt Masnick who wrote (74264)	10/6/1999 2:02:00 PM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572600

Re: "I remember the posts on this page and post after post explained in detail why the K6 was SUPERIOR to the PII. Endlessly." Sure--before the PII came out and all we had to go on was Tom's preproduction version. The K6 was cheaper. Infrastructure was cheaper. Integer performance started off about the same as PII but declined over time as the cache speed discrepancy (100 MHz vs. 1/2 CPU clock) widened. PII always had the advantage in FPU (although a well enhanced 3DNow application could change that and gave the K6 an even footing back when SSE wasn't around). I think everyone understands this. I think there were some posts arguing for the technology superiority of the K6, but as a practical matter it's tough to argue with the Winstone numbers. Never ceases to amaze me how Intel "visitors" to this board think AMD supporters are arguing for things they really aren't: e.g. (1) K6 is better than PII; and (2) AMD is out to/will destroy Intel. Kevin