"Donald McTrevor" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>> "" wrote:
>> > Anyone know where I can find benchmarks to compare
>> > the two processors.
>> >
>> > Particularly the
>> > AMD K6-2: 300 - 333 MHz
>> >
>> > to the
>> >
>> > Cyrix MII PR300 which may also be known as a
>> > Cyrix 6x86MX/MII 225Mhx PR300
>> >
>> > I have tried looking myself but not with much luck.
>> > I am trying to find out if it would be worth replacing the
>> > latter
>> > with the former. Would I see a worthwhile perfromance increase
>> > or
>> > are they pretty much rated the same?
>> >
>> > TIA.
>>
>> Donald I'm not laughing . I have new systems and still kept a few of
>> my
>> old ones...I would go with the AMD K6-2 series, a lot will depend on
>> your
>> motherboard what gain you get.Hopefully your board supports SD ram
>> and supports 100Mhz FSB? One thing easy is even if you get a 450mhz
>> chip and your manual says no , it will still work clocked back a
>> little.
>
> I am not sure.
> What I can say is that the max 'clock' is 75MHz and the max
> clock multiplier is X4, I looked at my jumper settings and I am
> on 75MHz X 3 = 225MHz is that 75MHz my FSB? I am a little
> unclear about this, but I am pretty sure it is not a 100MHz FSB.
> The CPU clocks are listed as 50, 60, 66, & 75.
>
> Again I am a bit confused over RAM too, I will quote from my
> mobo manual (which I recently found!!)
> "DRAM Type Supports EDO Ram. (both symetrical and
> asymmetrical, "(whatever that means?)")"
>
> Also:-
> Access time:- 70ns or faster for FPM/EDO or 60ns or faster for SDRAM
> (which indicated it does take SDRAM)
>
> However I have only ever used 72 pin EDO RAM 60ns when I upgraded
> I am unsure how the 60ns relates to bus speed.
> Also the SDRAM I see on ebay seems to be 168 pin DIMMS and
> they are not going to fit into my 72 pin slots are they!!!!!
>
>
>> BIOS updates can often fix it anyway , sometimes updating the BIOS
>> will support the K6-3 series as well....
>>
>> K6-2 450Mhz I reckon shades a Pentium 2 450 and thats a big
>> statement
>
> I think 300Mhz is the max my mobo can manage :O(
>
>
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My first PC had a Cyrix MII 300 CPU - which i upgraded to an AMD K6 300 (not
a K6 -2).
The upgrade definately made my PC a bit more responsive.

Martin.