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To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (23077)	1/18/1998 10:22:00 PM
From: Craig Freeman	Respond to of 33344

Pravin, I agree with your conclusion (and Fuchi's) that a faster MX will beat the PII. Anand's tests show "diminishing returns" from faster MHz speeds on the PII -- just like the Intel Pentium (the P233 was maybe 3% faster than the P200). Without huge and expense on-chip caches, faster PIIs will be a waste of time. All of which may explain why Intel is positioning faster generations as "server" CPUs and promising "PII light" as their mainstream offering. It looks like faster 6x86MX chips and K6s will have a shot at significant market share. Craig

To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (23077)	1/18/1998 10:58:00 PM
From: FJB	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 33344

The PII is overpriced garbage. I thought everyone was aware of that after the initial Tom review. Well, you just can't emphasize the point enough. The PII is crap! Save your money people. anandtech.com Bob

To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (23077)	1/18/1998 11:13:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 33344

Early tests indicated that the Pentium II was a barker (a dog) vs the Pentium Pro effieciency wise. About the only thing is has going for it is the clockspeed. That's a lot, however. We know the M2 is the more efficient chip of the bunch but without equal clockspeeds it doesn't shine. To me, there has to be some inherent reason why the M2 can't run at equal clockspeeds to the Pentium or Pentium II other than process technology. Hopefully they can close the gap. Jim

To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (23077)	1/19/1998 12:20:00 AM
From: Investor A	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33344

Pravin & All, As my earlier post in AMD thread, there are lots of user reports that most of K6-166 could be overclocked to 233Mhz. And quite a fews of these end users claimed that their K6-166 could be overclocked to 250Mhz @2.5 or 266Mhz @2.8V. Some even claimed that their K6-166 could be overclocked to 292Mhz (83x3.5) @3.2V. I have good reasons to believe that these 250Mhz+ overclockable K6-166 came from AMD .25u process. The question is what to interprete this news correctly for profit, of course. Fuchi ... who loves Cyrix's innovations Please support the PC industry & protect consumer interest techstocks.com