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To: Paul Engel who wrote (35564)	8/7/1998 12:45:00 AM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571987

Paul, you well know that without OS (Win 95/98/NT) support KNI is DEAD IN THE WATER. Microsoft has a target date a year from now to support KNI (Intel's version of 3DNOW). They've just completed DirectX 6.0, next is DirectX 6.0 for Win98 (in a couple weeks), then for WinNT, then DirectX 6.5 (for all three OS's, no doubt) and then, finally, DirectX 7.0 which will support Intel's KNI. The priority for Microsoft is Windows NT 5.0. Everything else is less important! In fact, I bet they have no intention of writing DirectX 7.0 for Windows 98 or 95. Which means, anyone who wants to use KNI will have to upgrade to NT 5.0. When is the last time Microsoft promised something in one year ...and delivered it on time??????

To: Paul Engel who wrote (35564)	8/7/1998 2:20:00 AM
From: Ali Chen	Respond to of 1571987

Microsoft Announces Chromeffects Software Development Kit microsoft.com (BTW, with 3DNow! support) Also, feel free to download the recently released DirectX 6.0 drivers, with 3DNow! support: microsoft.com Just the driver itself makes a boost up to 65% in the right configurations, check this out: ren.tierranet.com <AMD's 3DNOW seems to be losing support with the software developers.> <....I didn't think you knew.> You too, buddy.

To: Paul Engel who wrote (35564)	8/7/1998 7:12:00 AM
From: Maxwell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571987

Dr. Engel: <<Did you know some ISV's think Katmai New Instructions are superior to the 3DNOW?>> Just how superior is it? 10%, 20%, 50%, 2X, 5X over 3DNow!? Find me killer applications or future applications that KNI will "Blow" 3DNow! out of the water. 3DNow can do just about most of the application which many people would want to use. It is cheap. It is good enough for the mass. Until you can find a weakness in the 3DNow the rest is just talk. Maxwell