"Martin" <zedolf@o2.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "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).

Well.... I have just found I have won an auction on Ebay so I will be
getting one
for the princely sum of £0.99!!!
It will be a cheap upgrade!! Assuming I can fit it.


> The upgrade definately made my PC a bit more responsive.
>
> Martin.
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