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  1. The benchmarks on FiringSquad do not at all...

    The benchmarks on FiringSquad do not at all reflect the performance of current, correctly configured K7 systems. I have been working with K7s since last fall (I work for AMD) so I know what the...
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    Cmonster explained it pretty well. As he says,...

    Cmonster explained it pretty well. As he says, increasing the electrical current will accelerate electro migration just as increasing water current will erode the river banks faster. If you increase...
  3. Thread: CTX Core??

    by norbert
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    The CXT core is in all K6-2s with 400 Mhz and...

    The CXT core is in all K6-2s with 400 Mhz and above, as well as all K6-2s shipped in 1999. If you have a program that can read the CPUID family/model/stepping string (a group of 3 hexadecimal...
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    Hm. This sounds wrong. The AMD K6-266 is the...

    Hm. This sounds wrong. The AMD K6-266 is the
    slowest of the 0.25u K6s. It should run really cool. Even the 300s are still very cool. You don't need a super aggressive heatsink (in fact, I have been...
  5. Thread: IDE to IDE

    by norbert
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    I have used DriveCopy from PowerQuest several...

    I have used DriveCopy from PowerQuest several times in the past to copy WindowsNT installations from old, small EIDE harddisks to new, larger EIDE harddisks. Worked without a problem. Note: do not...
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    I don't think you are going to have a lot of luck...

    I don't think you are going to have a lot of luck in your quest for K7 benchmark numbers before the K7 is officially released. There are multiple reasons why one wants to keep benchmark numbers under...
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    Hm. The K6-III/450 delivers performance similar...

    Hm. The K6-III/450 delivers performance similar to a PIII/450, but you think it
    should be sold at half the price? Why do
    you think this should be the case? Is there
    some law of nature that limits...
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    The answer to your question is that the K6-family...

    The answer to your question is that the K6-family of processors and the K7 use
    completely different busses, both in terms of the mechanical (i.e. socket/slot) and the electrical (i.e. signal)...
  9. Thread: WinChip2

    by norbert
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    I bought a WinChip2-240 recently, and installed...

    I bought a WinChip2-240 recently, and installed it in an older socket 7 motherboard based on the Intel 430FX chipset. It wants
    1.5x clock multiplier, 60 MHz bus frequency, VRE voltage (3.5v). Can...
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