Re: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?

[Vic]

Sorry, what is a scaled dog?
Does it mean fast?


On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> Vic wrote:
> > 
> > Just curious
> > 
> > I use an AMD K6-3 400.
> > 
> > I know this is an older slower chip, but
> > it appears to run decently with 7.0-2.
> > Is K6-3 a cousin to the Pentium or Pentium3?
> > 
> > Is the Athlon a totally new architecture or
> > more related to the K6-3?
> > 
> The Athlon is  a totally new arch. the K6-2 was related to PII
> and I suspec the K6-3 is related to the PIII's although the K6's
> still used socket-7's. The Athlon uses their own propritary Slot A
> technology (bad AMD 8-))  I have several K6-2-300's around and they
> run very well with 7.0 and 7.1 and my Athlon (K7) runs like a scaled
> dog.
> 
> Cheers
> -- 
> Joseph S Gardner
> 
> Senior Designer / Technical Support
> Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH
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> 
> The box said,
> "Requires Windows 3.x or better",
> so I got Linux.
> 
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