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To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (44220)	12/29/1998 1:38:00 AM
From: Bruce A. Thompson	Respond to of 1572158

Kevin, RE: "unofficial patch for Half-Life" Unofficial my foot. Ask and you shall recieve. amd.com:8765/query.html?qt=&qp=&qs=&qc=amdwww&ws=0&qm=0&st=1&nh=10&lk=1&rf=0&oq=&rq=0&qt=half-life

To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (44220)	12/29/1998 1:41:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572158

Kevin - Re: " Then again, it's pretty amusing that little AMD has been MUCH more successful with its new instructions than mighty Intel was. " Games, Kevin, Games. These are not selling AMD chips. AMD's deep discounts are selling chips - i.e., cheap prices. What 3DNOW software have you bought recently ? Paul

To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (44220)	12/29/1998 9:36:00 AM
From: Joey Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572158

re:Please, tell us how AMD has been less successful with 3DNow than Intel with MMX. I could use a good laugh. 3D-NOW has been a complete failure for AMD. Why? Because AMD has not been able to charge a "value premium" for it. Have you seen the prices for K6-2 chips lately (relative to Intel chips)? Not a pretty picture. You can hype all you want about the number of games supporting 3D-NOW, but if AMD is not able to charge a premium for it, it's all for not. Of course, Intel faces the same challenge with Katmai pricing. joey