Reply 40 of 43, by Shponglefan
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appiah4 wrote on 2024-01-23, 18:50:But strangely enough there was never a year where the Pentium MMX was the top dog. I never realized Klamath came only a few months after P54C. It almost feels like the MMX was Intel's own kind of Super Socket 7 platform..
The Pentium MMX was a great mainstream and upgrade CPU for 1997, especially given the initially high costs of the PII.
But I agree, it feels a bit odd that the Pentium MMX never qualified as a high end CPU on a year-by-year basis.