James Wilkinson wrote:
> Incidentally, another poster
That was me ...
> recommended upgrading to a K6-III. In my
> experience, on normal desktop use, you wouldn't notice the extra 20%
> performance this brings.
... for three reasons:
1-I clearly see more speed from a K6-III+ 450 than from a K6/2 500
2-More than likely his K6/2 is slower than 500
3-Many motherboards run short of cache RAM when you max their memory,
and the extra cache on a K6-III(+) reduces this impact.
> Besides, it will be hard to source these nowadays.
You might be surprised. Someone just had a pallet of the best ones for
around $4000 on eBay less than a month ago.
A K6-III+ is virtually an Athlon. This cannot be said for a K6-III.
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