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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 210.00-2.0%Jan 7 3:59 PM EST
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To: Mani1 who started this subject10/29/2000 8:28:04 PM
From: stribe30 of 275872
 
SOMETHING TO READ WHILE WE WAIT FOR DDR RELEASE: P-IV PERFORMANCE QUESTIONED AGAINST ATHLON

This is scooped from Aces Hardware,, reporting on a statement seen in the latest issue of Computer Gaming Magazine:

"We've been testing Pentium-IV systems for next month's
high-end Ultimate Gaming Machine shootout, and the early numbers are provacative.
A 1.5 GHz Pentium-IV is about 44% faster than the fastest
866 MHz Pentium-III in this month's system roundup, using 3D WinBench's Processor Test - which tests CPU performance
handling 3D data.

But that same Pentium-IV system was only about 11% faster than a Thunderbird Athlon 1.1 GHz on the same test. Given Pentium IV's 36% clock advantage, my guess is that Athlon will fare well against Pentium-IV, given equal clock rates. More on this next month."

Brian Neal from Aces then comments:

"Of course, 3D WinBench is not our favorite CPU metric, but
given these numbers, one might assume that the two chips will be neck-and-neck, though if DDR is good for the 10% boost pre-release benchmarks have indicated it is, the Athlon will probably top Intel's best in most situations.
In any event, we won't have to wait long to find out about either."

aceshardware.com
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