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To: Joe NYC who wrote (21778)	12/5/1997 1:14:00 AM
From: Investor A	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 33344

Joe, Ali Chen in AMD thread and I have figured out that it would take 30% off Winstone97 rating from both PMMX and PII if their L2 caches are disabled. Without L2 cache, PII-266 would perform as fast as a regular (512K L2 cache) Pentium MMX-200 under Winstone97. In reality, the cacheless PII-266 might be slower than PMMX-200 when a RAM (smartdrv) cache succeed in PMMX L2 cache. Yes, 128-bit MXi is a very exciting chip for every PC users. I wonder why NSM haven't started its promotion to create the market demands for this chip yet? Fuchi ... who loves Cyrix's innovations Please support the PC industry & protect consumer interest techstocks.com

To: Joe NYC who wrote (21778)	12/5/1997 2:19:00 AM
From: Investor A	Respond to of 33344

Joe, If both processors are without L2 cache, the Cyrix will clearly do better. Here is the proof. On Page 478 of Computer Shopper Nov '97 issue, Compaq Presario 4504 (with L2 cacheless Pentium 200Mhz inside) scored 21.3 Business Winstone97. Pentium MMX 166Mhz is no faster than Pentium class 200. Therefore, the L2 cacheless HP's Pentium MMX 166 should score similarly with Presario 4504. As the result, those Presario 2100/2200 users are happy with what they bought while other sub-$1,000 (Intel Inside) PC buyers might not be happy with their system performance at all! Is that a good example of "Technology rules!" or what? Fuchi ... who loves Cyrix's innovations Please support the PC industry & protect consumer interest techstocks.com