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To: Scumbria who wrote (55611)	4/15/1999 3:10:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1578029

<The worst case I have heard for K7 is that is as good as Intel's top of the line PIII. The best case is that it leaves PIII in the dust.> The worst case scenario is a nightmare for AMD. In order to get the OEM's to move from the high-volume Slot 1 to the very new and (initially) low-volume Slot A platform, you'll have to demonstrate a real advantage. If the K7 only achieves performance parity with the Pentium III, no one is going to switch to it unless AMD drops its price to K6-III levels. Whoops, there go the future profits! And considering how AMD still hasn't announced an initial clock speed for the K7, they might be extremely worried that the worst-case scenario could very well become reality. Tenchusatsu