500MHz K6-3

[Buuri]

I just noticed such a thing. Does anyone posess any information on this CPU? Is it somehow diffrent from the old line?

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[Alfie]

Buuri
It's coming in December on.18 micron.
At least according to this site http://www.lynncomp.com/amd.htm
which, by the way,seems to have a direct connection with AMD,as they announced one chip,sorry forget which one,that AMD denied any knowledge of,only to announce it 3 weeks later.
It would not surprise me,if they would be willing to send you one if you have difficulty tracking it down in Finland.
Good luck!

[Schorsch]

Here's another technical detail: According to the German website of Asus, the K6-III/500 has a core voltage of 2.2 V (while the older K6-III versions have 2.4 V). I suppose this is made possible by the .18 micron manufacturing process. It looks as if Socket 7 isn't dead yet...

[Buuri]

Actually the old K6-3 line is 2.2V as well. Look here for example: http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/images/k6iiidsktp.gif

I hope they'll make faster models, because that'd be really a good and cheap way to upgrade our existing PC, and makes a pretty nice system overall. Not for high-end gaming, but otherwise.
The best (wildest) rumour that I've heard so far is that they would go with K6-3 even +600MHz!

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[Schorsch]

Buuri,

you're right. Only the early versions of the K6-III (ordering part number "AHX") were running at 2.4 V, the newer revisions ("AFR" and "AFX") have 2.2 V core voltage. Sorry for the mistake. Anyway, it's good to know that AMD will continue to produce SS7 processors (and even introduce a new one called K6-2+) - btw, I recently read that Intel's "socket 370" version of the Coppermine won't be compatible with current Celeron motherboards... ;-)

[paul]

mines running fine. 2.4V, of course

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k6-3 450 @500 - tyan 1590s bios 1.16 - wdac310100 - g200 mill sgram w/8mb upgrade & bios 2.6-20 PD 5.25 - AGP1x - 128MB 10ns sdram - sblive value 2.1 - 3com 3c905b-tx - cable access (28.8k for emergencies) - win98 service pack 1 + 2
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