In Quake 2 optimized for 3DNow! the K6-2 300 MHz is faster than the Celeron 350
MHz. What's also interesting is that K6-2 300 MHz is almost twice as fast (87%)
as the K6 300 Mhz running Quake 2 with a Voodoo 2 card and 3DNow!. So in Quake 2
with 3Dfx and 3DNow! support the K6-2 300 MHz is as fast as a... K6 560 MHz
:o)... and I have a K6 200 MHz running the GPL demo just fine with only 3Dfx
:o).
Now I realize the 3DNow! boost in GPL propably wont be the same as the boost in
Quake 2, but even a 30% increase would be very nice :o). A K6-2 300 MHz would
then be as fast as a K6 400 MHz.
Papyrus, I want a K6 400 MHz, so if you give me 3DNow!, then I'll go and buy a
K6-2 300 MHz and a motherboard that I later can put a K6-3 400 MHz in :o))). I
wonder what that would be compared to my current K6 200 MHz :o). Just the
increase from 300 to 400 is 33%, so that would be around a K6 533 MHz, then the
extra cache... I guess I would be having a CPU three times faster than the one I
have today :o). Would that mean 90 frames per second instead of 30, or 60 frames
per second with every graphics option turned on :o)?
The Celeron seem to be easily overclocked to 400 MHz, even from 266 MHz, but
that's still a risk, and since I think most people dont overclock why not give
the K6-2 buyers that extra boost :o)?
/Christer
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has understood it the first time they've read it yet :o) )