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Carmack on the K7

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stuff-to-read dept.

rebrane writes "John Carmack has apparently gotten his hands on a K7 and has a few favorable things to say. Notable quotable: "The bottom line is that I feel comfortable standing behind the statement that the K7 is faster than the PIII." "

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  1. Athlon is one thing. Motherboards are another. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4

    the Athlon is all well and good, but they will be
    using a new chipset. There's no telling what its
    quality will be like. If they're bucking broncos
    like the Super7 boards are, the Athlon will be dead in the water.

    Super7 boards, while much improved in the past few months, still suffer from compatibility problems with various hardware -- especially video cards.

    Dont get hung up on the Alpha bus...once you get past the mezzanine, it's a garden variety PC with all the junk in those "super I/O" chips.

    I'm pulling for the Athlon, and hope there arent too many incompatibilities, but it's almost a certainty that there will be some. Brace yourselves.