AMD supports MMX, therefore you should get a boost from MMX if Mandrake
supports it.
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 7:28 AM
Subject: RE: [newbie] Mandrake and Different CPUs
>
> AFAIK the K6 family of processors support the full pentium
> instruction set so there should be no problems running Mandy
> on it.
> However if Mandrake can use MMX instructions you wont get
> that boost, but if it can use AMD's 3d Now you will get that.
>
> Perhaps one of the "staff" could enlighten us about MMX and 3D Now?
>
> Cheers:
> Michael Perry.
> R&D. Dep. Netafim Magal.
> <<<<Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack>>>>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: GECOS [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tue 22 February 2000 17:15
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [newbie] Mandrake and Different CPUs
> >
> > James Mellema wrote:
> > > I think it unlikely that your install will succeed. Mandrake is
> > > optimized for pentium class CPUs, and will not perform adequately on a
> > > 486. My experience has been that in most cases Mandrale will not
> > > install, and if it does performance is dismal with many problems.
> >
> > The above was in response to an inquiry, but it makes me wonder if
> > Mandrake is the best distro for my AMD K6-2/400. I don't know much about
> > CPUs, so I don't know if my AMD is "pentium class" or not.
> > --
> > Lane
> > ----
> > Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
> > ----
> > Getting where I want to be with Linux...
>
