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To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (55620)	4/15/1999 5:09:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1577883

<By the time Merced gets here the CPU won't be particularly important for high end 3D applications, and on the verge of becoming unimportant for low end-type games.> Like I said before, the biggest problem with Merced isn't going the be the hardware (despite the delay). It will be the software. Sure, there's IA-32 compatibility built into the hardware, but I personally have no idea how a Merced running IA-32 code will compare to a Pentium III, or a K7, or even a Celeron for that matter. I'm sure the YUK Register will be more than happy to publish Quake II benchmark comparisons between the Merced and the Celeron, then draw false conclusions from them. <Anyone looked at the specs for Playstation 2?> Sony said that it will have "three times the processing power" of Pentium III. Which Pentium III? Besides, the Playstation 2 isn't going to be released until late 2000 anyway. Tenchusatsu