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Anand Tech K6 II 400 Review
K6 II - 400 Review
The lastest and last apparently in the K6 II series, looks pretty good and I'm leaning further and further into the AMD camp. The good news is the K6 3 due early nest year will plug straight into existing super socket 7 MOBOs. guaranteeing a nice upgrade path. How nice :).
This review gets nice and technical about the new CXT core and tests it against K6's and PIIs.
"Unlike previously released K6-2 processors such as the 333 and the 350 which offered only an increased clock speed over their predecessors, the K6-2 400 boasts a "new and improved" core (sound familiar?) which supposedly improves the overall performance of the processor, in addition to the obviously increased clock speed over the older K6-2 350."
"With everything described, and the improvements explained, in the end, is the K6-2 400 a better solution than the Pentium II 400? It all depends on price. The K6-2 400 is a strong performer, and as long as the cost of the K6-2 400 system remains below that of a Pentium II 400 system, the K6-2 will be the better option, simply because AMD has already guaranteed and shown us (see the Comdex updates) a true upgrade path for the K6-2, the K6-3. Provided that the K6-3 ships on time, any Super7 purchase now will be fully upgradable to a K6-3 next year, not too bad of an insurance package."
Author:
[EvEm]_Xtro
Created:
November 28, 1998
Modified:
November 28, 1998 - 08:47:59 PM
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