AMD K6 - Will It run all Sims?

I own an AMD, yet right now I wouldn't buy another. That Celron 300a overclocked to 450 just looks too good... rob. >I called my local PC builder and asked about the Celeron and he said he >thought it was Junk. No flames please...it was His opinion ! He felt the >best computer for Sims (His only "experience" with Sims was with N2) WAS An

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>AMD K6. However, it the back of my mind it seems some sims have problems on >AMD's and/or Cyrix's >Ok What's the verdict ? Will AMD K6 work with all Sims ???? >THANKS ! >Tim A. Deatherage >"Admitted Sim ***"

I called my local PC builder and asked about the Celeron and he said he thought it was Junk. No flames please...it was His opinion ! He felt the best computer for Sims (His only "experience" with Sims was with N2) WAS An AMD K6. However, it the back of my mind it seems some sims have problems on AMD's and/or Cyrix's Ok What's the verdict ? Will AMD K6 work with all Sims ???? THANKS ! Tim A. Deatherage "Admitted Sim ***"

I have a K6 266 64 megs SDram, ATI Xpert 99, and win 98 . I run Microprose GP II with full graphics and it is a whole new game! My system plays EIDOS Power F1 and also 3DO/Codemaster's TOCA and no problems. If you are going to stay socket7 I would recommend getting a non Intel chipset and a 100 MHz bus that way you can get the K6-2 300 CPU. And get a AGP on your board. I didn't and wish that I did! Lets just say with a 100 MHz bus and the K6-2 will give the pentium2 a run for its money! James Dean Cory, D.C. http://home1.gte.net/#rs4set ICQ UIN: 2970685 >I called my local PC builder and asked about the Celeron and he said he >thought it was Junk. No flames please...it was His opinion ! He felt the >best computer for Sims (His only "experience" with Sims was with N2) WAS An

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>AMD K6. However, it the back of my mind it seems some sims have problems on >AMD's and/or Cyrix's >Ok What's the verdict ? Will AMD K6 work with all Sims ???? >THANKS ! >Tim A. Deatherage >"Admitted Sim ***"

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>Ok What's the verdict ? Will AMD K6 work with all Sims ???? >THANKS ! >Tim A. Deatherage >"Admitted Sim ***"

I'm using an AMD K6-2 3D with N2/NROS and GPL. Works fine with these (now if only I had a Voodoo 2 to replace my Voodoo 1!) -Darrin

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> I called my local PC builder and asked about the Celeron and he said he > thought it was Junk. No flames please...it was His opinion ! He felt the > best computer for Sims (His only "experience" with Sims was with N2) WAS An > AMD K6. However, it the back of my mind it seems some sims have problems on > AMD's and/or Cyrix's > Ok What's the verdict ? Will AMD K6 work with all Sims ????

Yes. An AMD K6 will run any game that is out at the moment well (as long as its a 233 or higher). You local PC builder is both right and wrong in his opinion on the celeron. Yes, the first ones (without cache) were junk, but these new ones (300A and 333) are looking very good indeed...

On Wed, 7 Oct 1998 19:52:27 -0700, "Tim Deatherage" >Ok What's the verdict ? Will AMD K6 work with all Sims ???? I have an AMD-K6 233 but, with my Ensoniq sound card I cannot play GP2 or N2 due to dos mode incompatibility with the AMD-K6 and the Ensoniq. Needless to say I'm getting a new sound card. ~~Alpha B.~~ Remove one of the "b's" to reply via e-mail. "When you die, if you get a choice between going to regular heaven or pie heaven, choose pie heaven. It might be a trick, but if it's not, mmmmmmm, boy." -Jack Handy

TD> Ok What's the verdict ? Will AMD K6 work with all Sims ???? Yep. I owned a AMD K6/200 - it ran beautyfully on all actual games...due to the release of GPL I upgraded to K6-II/300 which gave me about 9 fps more in Viper Racing (e.g.) ;-))) Plus: the K6-II offers 3dnow! Maybe there will be a patch for GPl and other stuff as there are quite a lot now. Kick Intel where it belongs - and get the AMD K6-II...NOW ! Also, man mailt sich... .\\atze [ FmMW2109 - FmMB2139 ] *home* : http://www.home4u.de/buesing/

I didn't get the original message, so I have to comment second hand.

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>> I called my local PC builder and asked about the Celeron and he said he >> thought it was Junk. No flames please...it was His opinion ! He felt the >> best computer for Sims (His only "experience" with Sims was with N2) WAS An >> AMD K6. However, it the back of my mind it seems some sims have problems on >> AMD's and/or Cyrix's >> Ok What's the verdict ? Will AMD K6 work with all Sims ????

The K6 will work ok with all current sims. Some sims do use the FPU heavily, though. While the K6 FPU isn't exactly crap, it is in fact inferior to the one of Pentiums and PIIs working at the same clock speed. I recently installed a K6 200 (I was given) into my machine, and there was no discernible increase in speed over the iP166 I had previously installed for the GPL demo. Even when I was running the chip at 225MHz, it didn't look any better - and I was looking hard for an improvement, believe me. :) K6 chips are a good choice for a sim machine, but not an excellent one. If you have to replace mainboard and CPU anyway, go for the Celeron 300A (the "A" part is important) and a good mainboard. Check the other "upgrade" postings in this group for advice regarding the chipset. Keep in mind you'll need new PC100 compatible memory, too. If your current board supports the K6 (-2) 300 (maybe after a BIOS upgrade), it might be worth a second thought as a low-budget upgrade. Stay away from Cyrix chips for *** purposes, though. They show excellent results for "serious" applications, but not for games/sims. -- Wolfgang Preiss \ E-mail copies of replies to this posting are welcome.

Tim, with all due respect, you need a new PC builder. The K6-2xx was lagging the P-2xx MMX somewhat when it came to games. The new TNT/C300A combo simply blows AMD away in the *** arena... overclocked or not. The top Internet hardware testers agree (Anand's & Tom's). If 3D-Now! is ever implemented on a wide scale.... but I wouldn't bet my money on it. Rgds, Mark On Wed, 7 Oct 1998 19:52:27 -0700, "Tim Deatherage"

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>I called my local PC builder and asked about the Celeron and he said he >thought it was Junk. No flames please...it was His opinion ! He felt the >best computer for Sims (His only "experience" with Sims was with N2) WAS An >AMD K6. However, it the back of my mind it seems some sims have problems on >AMD's and/or Cyrix's >Ok What's the verdict ? Will AMD K6 work with all Sims ???? >THANKS ! >Tim A. Deatherage >"Admitted Sim ***"