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To: Paul Engel who wrote (77374)	10/27/1999 3:43:00 PM
From: Bill Jackson	Read Replies (2) of 1573432

Paul, You should have read the fine print on that page "The Intel CPU was running at a slightly higher clock rate, which indicates the Athlon FPU is a bit better. Finally, some of the differences were no doubt due to the roughly 5 percent clock rate difference. Still, all of it indicates the Athlon core may not be that much better than the Pentium III, as previously thought. The 32-bit game scores were somewhat inconclusive, with the Pentium III showing small, but not statistically significant, differences. What seems to have happened is that Intel has come from behind and achieved parity with AMD. This is no doubt a relief to Intel, but it's still very significant that Athlon can stand up to Intel's latest and greatest and hold its own. Once AMD shrinks Athlon to 0.18 micron, AMD may once again have the opportunity to pull ahead. As before, AMD's biggest Achilles' heel continues to be the motherboard and core-logic chipset problems. " Intel came from behind......came from behind? The 5% faster clock means the AMD is still a bit better....a bit better? And this is on new Intel mobos and old AMD mobos wait until AMD has their 133M bus going. Bill

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