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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (93372)12/4/1999 5:03:00 PM
From: Mani1  Read Replies (2) of 186894
 
Mary, hi,
Re <<How much faster is the Athlon over the Pentium? Give me an example of some application (any kind) and give me the difference the processor speed has for the end user. Please be as specific as possible.>>

These are legitimate and relevant questions. And they have been answered over and over by hardware review sites that are often posted on this thread as well as AMD thread.
At home, I own 650 MHz Athlon and use it for CAD (solid works) and FEA (COSMOS, HSTAR module). Without a question it is substantially faster than a 600 MHz PIII. The rendering time and analysis time are much shorter. Also my friends tell me that it is much faster in Photo Shop and 3D studio max. Coppermine, which was released recently, has leveled the field.

Re <<When you say that the Athlon Core is superior to the Pentium Core. What does that mean?>>

I am not an expert, but it basically means that if you do not take into account the memory and MB interface, and there is no optimization code, then the CPU has more raw processing power. The most respected names in the industry have unanimously agreed that the Athlon core is a superior processing core than the Pentium.

I know I did not answer all you question partially because it is not my field and partially because you can find them out for yourself in as much time as it take me to look them up for you.

IMO these are couple of good ones for people like us who are not expert in CPU design. There are many more out there.

azillionmonkeys.com
tomshardware.com

Mani
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