SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Paul Engel who wrote (33666)6/29/1998 2:32:00 PM
From: Maverick  Respond to of 1571935
 
Celeron is not ready, part III
use of caching comes with the presence of any cache at all, so 128KB should make a
significant difference. And Intel should produce this next Celeron quickly, or drop the price of
the existing chip. The current incarnation is neither cheap enough, nor fast enough, to be
competitive with the AMD-K6, Cyrix's MII ... or even Intel's own MMX Pentium chip.

--Quick View--

HP Brio 8334

Bottom Line: Good configuration for small business users, but cacheless Celeron processor
results in mediocre application performance

Price: $1,130 (without monitor)

Platforms: 95

Pros: Feature set

Cons: Anemic application performance for the price

Strongest Rival: Seanix Baby Grand-CS

Hewlett-Packard Co., 800-533-1333, fax 800-333-1917. Winfo #752

Systemax Mediamax 266C

Bottom Line: A well-built, well-configured system that's underpowered by its Celeron
processor

Price: $1,299

Platforms: 95

Pros: Built-in 10/100BaseT Ethernet

Cons: Anemic application performance for the price

Strongest Rival: Seanix Baby Grand-TCO

Global Computer Supplies, 800-845-6225, fax 516-625-6683. Winfo #753



To: Paul Engel who wrote (33666)6/29/1998 2:38:00 PM
From: Maverick  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1571935
 
K6-2/300 is selling like hotcakes!
messages.yahoo.com@m2.yahoo.com



To: Paul Engel who wrote (33666)6/29/1998 2:43:00 PM
From: Maverick  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1571935
 
Why AMD is a great buy (With current cheap prices)
messages.yahoo.com@m2.yahoo.com



To: Paul Engel who wrote (33666)6/29/1998 4:16:00 PM
From: Elmer  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1571935
 
Re: "Thank you very much for pointing this out to the entire AMD thread. You have done a great service in pointing out that AMD's K6 chip, although a good chip, falls well short of Intel's comparable chips."

The gap would have been even wider had they shown WinNT scores. AMD is never willing to do that because of how bad the K6 looks.

EP


HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News