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To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (47587)1/27/1999 4:59:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1580824
 
<3DNow bridged the clock-for-clock performance gap between K6 and PII cores on most popular games.>

Then what benefit will 3DNow provide for the K7, considering that the K7 will have three separate FPU execution units?

Tenchusatsu



To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (47587)1/27/1999 6:48:00 PM
From: Paul Engel  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1580824
 
Kevin - Re: " 3DNow bridged the clock-for-clock performance gap between K6 and PII cores on most popular games. It's implementation was cheaper in terms of silicon real estate than pipelining the FPU. Mission accomplished.

Translation - NO 3DNOW killer apps.

In fact, except for a few games, there are NO 3DNOW applications whatsoever !

Mission demolished.

Paul


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