Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Toby Hutton Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.freetalk Subject: Re: E3 Questions for all who attended, esp. Mario Date: 18 Jun 1998 15:26:49 +1000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 34 Sender: thutton@TECH10 Message-ID: References: <35718657.3581814@news.scea.sony.com> <3586DB6A.6D9E@vicon.net> <3586aa02.52350542@news.scea.sony.com> <3587E658.A29@vicon.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.103.154.235 X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 "Manifered H. Wolfe, II" writes: > > > Is there any reason why anyone should avoid processors other than > > Intel's, i.e. are there any compatibility issues with software? > > The only reason you should stick with Intel is if you want multiple > processors. Otherwise, you're wasting your money. If you buy an AMD > cpu at the same speed as the Intel equivalent, you'll have enough money > left over to buy more ram, a bigger hard drive, or a better video > card...definitely worth it if you ask me. The last Intel cpu I've owned > was a 486 DX/2-50 in 1994. Since then, I've used AMD and Cyrix. I > didn't much care for my Cyrix, but all the AMD's I've had have been > stellar, no compatibility problems at all and excellent performance. > The only drawback to the AMD-K6 has been a weaker FPU than the Pentium, > but the new K6-2 actually outperforms the Pentium 2 FPU. And you don't > have to kiss up to the man and get a Slot-1 motherboard, it's a Socket 7 > cpu! The only thing I'd be wary of is a lot of games may still use Pentium optimisations which simply don't work on the other chips. I'm not sure these days. There isn't as much asm code going into apps these days, but still, compilers may do Pentium optimisation for them. > Just my $0.02 of course, I'm sure others would disagree. But of course > they've sold out to Intel, so what do you expect? =) I'm glad the Wintel monopoly is falling apart, with HP doing a lot of design for Merced and CE running on many non-intel chips, 'tis a good thing. Though I'm sure I'll still be running my P100 when everyone else has Merced machines... -- Toby.