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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (49262)	2/11/1999 3:54:00 PM
From: RDM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572559

<The K7 doesn't nothing specific regarding video graphics> <No, I don't think the dual execution units are for specifically improving 3-D calculations and games. > Isn't this a hedge and a little misleading. It is true that the K7 dual floating point execution units are not specifically for games, but will it make AMD more competitive in the games market. IMHO: 1. The dual execution unit will highly prized by game designers and game players if it really cranks! 2. The workstation crowd would rather have a dual double precision floating capability or a more vector product specific optimization. The duality of the K7 execution units only helps the large single precision crunching operations. The volume market for single precision floats is 3D games. 3. gren nus is correct in his believe that future PC driver will be VIDEO for entertainment and games. Hot K7 floating point will help AMD get a stronger position in this than they have had with the K6. 4. AMD may achieve the 2X floating single precision bandwidth advantage over the same clock Pentium II achieved by some of the RISC workstation chip sets in the K7 .