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To: flickerful who wrote (73636)	2/14/1999 11:03:00 AM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

flickerful, Despite the Pentium III hoopla, analysts say Intel doesn't hold a technology lead with its new multimedia instructions. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has been putting its own version of the technology in its chips for the past six months. KNI starting at $500 3DNow starting at $100 Tough choice for the educated PC buyer. Scumbria

To: flickerful who wrote (73636)	2/14/1999 2:31:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Flickerful - Re: "many software vendors will likely write for both..."" This last statement, which I have seen elsewhere, is completely BOGUS. True, 3DNOW has been out for about 9 months. However, there are NO APPLICATIONS written for 3DNOW except for a few GAMES ! AMD had to muster up some late "endorsements" by more GAME COMPANIEs on Thursday (2/11/99) just so AMD doesn't get buried in the Pentium III HOOPLA. Thus, if software developers HAVE NOT written 3DNOW software when there WAS NO Pentium III, why would they choose to do so NOW, when there IS a PENTIUM III with more advanced 3D instructions available (Katmai), better advertising, and much higher profile machines from Dell, IBM, Compaq, HP, Gateway, etc ? 3DNOW = 3D-DOA. Paul