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To: that_crazy_doug who wrote (108354)	4/29/2000 4:08:00 AM
From: pgerassi	Respond to of 1583407

Dear Doug: I have always believed that for a general purpose computer, the integer unit executes the most instructions for typical PC apps. This is where the K6 series had better characteristics than the Celeron. In fact for typical server and multitasking loads, K6-3 was better than than any Intel CPU before Coppermine. Under some multitasking loads, a K6-3 at 450 outran even a Xeon at 450. Run at spec, Celerons rarely outran K6-2s in heavy multitasking loads. The FSB and small L1 and L2 caches did them in (mostly the FSB). I know this from personal experience. But, Coppermine is a much better processor than the old Celeron or Katmai. But, they have to compete with Athlon, Duron, and Thunderbird, which are even better yet in multitasking loads. Pete