From owner-freebsd-hardware  Mon Aug 30  3:24:13 1999
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Subject: AMD K6-2 350
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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 20:22:32 +1000 (EST)
From: "Michael Kenneth Henry" <mhenry@black.ug.cs.usyd.edu.au>
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Hi all,

	I just "upgraded" from a Cyrix M2 PR-233 to an AMD K6-2 350.

However, I'm just wondering if this was an upgrade or a downgrade: the
Cyrix was a 6x86-class chip, whereas the AMD is a 5x86!

CPU: Cyrix 6x86MX (187.50-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "CyrixInstead"  Id = 0x600  Stepping=0  DIR=0x0652
  Features=0x80a135<FPU,DE,TSC,MSR,CX8,PGE,CMOV,MMX>

CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (360.00-MHz 586-class CPU)
  Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x58c  Stepping = 12
  Features=0x8021bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,PGE,MMX>
  AMD Features=0x80000800<SYSCALL,3DNow!>

Can anyone explain this to me?

Thanks,

	Michael

P.S. I'm perfectly happy with the chip, anyway. Make worlds are
	much faster :)




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