Intel Pentium II 366 MHz processor

Advantages: fast, new
Disadvantages: expensive

...I upgraded from an Intel Pentium II 450 mhz to the new Intel Pentium III 700 mhz mainly because of the upgrade offer at a low cost. I found that immediately there was a noticeable difference and just the way in which my computer carried out every day tasks like opening programs and the likes seemed to fly through as if my old chip was carrying 4 suitcases with it on it's chores! I find no problems at all with it and I would seriously recommend it to anyone after a high speed processor with lightning speed and good capabilities.... Read review

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Advantages: They are very powewrful processors
Disadvantages: Too expensive

...I'm not if AMD have done this but Intel definitely have. When they introduced the PIII 450 MHz for the first time, they did not mention to the public that it was only 10% faster than it's little brother the Pentium II 450MHz processor. When the gigahertz processor was introduced, it was tested by a popular computer magazine. I found the results to be surprising. In some areas of performance the Gigahertz processor was SLOWER than the 850 MHz processor. When ever a new processor is introduced it is always overpriced. This overpricing is not little it is ridicously high. A month or two after the release the prices drop massively. Then soon after a new processor is introduced, faster and more powerful. When this show will end who knows. These very powerful processors don't even operate to maximum performance because of the operating... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap price
Disadvantages: Needs a patch for win95 if you plan to install it

...Continuing AMD's line-up of Super7 processors is this new 400MHz part, based on an external clock frequency of 100MHz. This new chip widens the company's K6-2 range, which now includes various speeds from 300MHz to 400MHz, including 366MHz and 380MHz parts. Unlike Intel's Pentium II and Celeron chips, the K6-2 uses a pin-out that is reminiscent of the old-style Socket 7 Pentium chips. The processor itself is square, with 321 pins underneath. This new chip, however, cannot be used in old Pentium motherboards, requiring newer Socket7-capable boards that support correct Bios CPU identification as well as the 100MHz system bus. Although the K6-2 range of chips is fully Windows-certified, and is appearing in a number of business systems from various PC builders, it is the chip's 3D capability that is particularly interesting. In common... Read review

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