Cyrix 650-667mhz cpu

[AmdMELTDOWN]

just a little question: If in fact the Cyrix chips turn out to be a better deal than the low-end amd solution(in terms of price/performance/value), How many ppl will go and buy a Cyrix cpu.

 

[Guest]

Although I think it is a long-shot in the worst sense of the word, I believe that most tech-savy people are looking for the best price/performance ration. If Cyrix has come up with the Duron-killer, then those who know and understand IPC and FPU performance will probably buy it. That is of course making whole mess of assumptions such as stability, good mobo/chipset support, etc.

The problem w/Cyrix won't be fighting brand loyalty, those on a budget are forever pragmatic, but rather the long battle for respectability, accessibility, and compatibility that AMD has been waging. This is what will lead to an increased market share.

I am certainly wishing Cyrix the best of luck because the more competition the better, as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Guest]

not until they get their FPU performance up to at LEAST the K6 level

 

[Mordy]

Cyrix 3 have no chance to stay on competition in terms of price/performance (Read cyrix performance stuff on "Toms Hardware") because it made by ex-IDT , not by ex-Cyrix, so it is _SLOW_ , the price of slow (in terms of MHZ) Duron is 40-90 USD, depends of MHZ and tax. I don't know what is the price for Ciryx 3 but i guess it can't make serious impact on whole system price unless you going to buy 200 computers for school,but most of scools/colleges/lybraries have intel products