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To: Jim Oravetz who wrote (8758)	6/6/1998 1:36:00 PM
From: Rob S.	Respond to of 11555

Here is a recent revue of the AMD K6-2 with 3DNow! by the respected independent source, Tom's Hardware site: tomshardware.com tomshardware.com 3D Performance: This shows that the K6-2 (WC 2) will be a rocket in 3D performance - delivering almost twice the performance for 3D applications optimized for Microsoft's DirectX-6 drivers (to be released next month) or written directly to take advantage of the instructions. Business Ap Performance It's also interesting to note that the K6-2 300Mhz with 100 Mhz socket 7 bus performs at similar speed to a similarly clocked K6 (over-clocked past the recommended bus speed of 66 Mhz). While this performance is lower than the Pentium II, the difference in performance is trivial (except in the minds of many consumers and the "Mhz hype machine"). The P II 400/100 (Intel's fastest, most expensive part), delivers a rating of 28.9 on Winstone 98 benchmarks. The K6-2 delivers 24.5 - a difference of only 18% despite the large speed grade difference. I used the K6-2 300/100 for this comparison because it will more closely resemble the speed grades offered by IDTI. AMD plans to offer a 333 Mhz grade and a 400 Mhz version by the end of the year. IDT will continue to be behind the fastest speed grade offerings by both Intel and AMD through at least the early part of next year. But the significant 3D performance gains of the 3DNow! instructions should blast Intel in a part of the market that they have lost significant following and blast their consumer advertising image as the leader in graphics/multi-media performance. IDT clearly has it's work cut out for it to keep up with the speed bumps to stay in the running for the "sweet spot" of the market. But a successful ramp of the parts could make them a hot ticket item for the Christmas season.