Why would a Pentium 200MMX cost $39 but a Pentium 200 (non MMX) is $69?

thaugen

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At an L.A. computer swap I saw that the non-MMX CPU is way higher than the MMX version, and since I have a non-MMX CPU I'm about to sell, I'm wondering why one is valued much higher.
 

Klosters

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The P200's didn't enjoy the top dog position in the Chipzilla line-up for very long. "MMX" was the Intel engendered buzzword, and naturally everybody "just had to have one." For this reason, a lot more P200 MMX's were manufactured than the P200's without the magic MMX capability. The plain 200's were a lot more expensive eighteen months ago as well.
 

IsOs

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Sell it while you can. It's not a hot item that very few still have them for sale and very few look for them.
 

fxsts

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Many motherboards only support up to Pentium Classic 200Mhz because they do not support dual voltage.

Therefore, Non-MMX P-200 is more expensive than P-200MMX or P-233MMX.
 

rc5

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MMX is basically a gay technogoly hardly ever being used by anyone.
 

rigor

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yeah sure buddy. nobody plays mp3's. nobody uses photoshop. the mmx instructions are alot more encompassing than you think!
 

Mday

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well, mmx does not do as much as you hope it would. but that does not mean support for MMX does not exist. though mmx support is great, and is better than without, mmx much less useful than sse or 3dnow.
 

Aboroth

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Yes, the MMX version had more L1 cache. Intel basically souped up their Pentium line and told everyone the new ones were better because of MMX. The MMX versions are better, but not really because of MMX.