PIII - dead end technology?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday February 16, 1999 @12:55AM from the power-pc-for-me dept.

S. Casey writes "It looks like Intel is beating a dead horse, and then some, at least that's my impression from this review of Intel's "PIII" and its Slot-1 competitors. The best part? "The PIII at 560 has a 7.57% increase in 3DMarks over the 300A at 450MHz. Less than an 8% increase in speed despite a 24.4% increase in clock speed... from a processor that costs twelve and a half times as much as the 300a." The review compares 4 of Intel's "best" CPUs and pretty much demonstrates that the PIII is a waste of time. Bring on .18 micron. "

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Eww. by Squeeze+Truck · 1999-02-16 01:00 · Score: 2

Intel is turning into as much or more of a marketing company than MS.

Can you say Pentium98?

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AMD K7! by Anonymous+Female · 1999-02-16 01:04 · Score: 3

Anyone have any more information on the K7, other than it's going to rock?