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To: milo_morai who wrote (59795)	10/23/2001 4:29:02 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) of 275872

Milo, <At the same clock speed, roughly 1.5 GHz, the Athlon just eats the Pentium 4 for lunch.> Funny how Emulators.com isn't calling the Athlon XP by its "quantispeed" rating of 1800+, preferring to use real clock speed instead. In fact, despite their obvious anti-Intel bias, they sure don't like AMD's marketing campaign any more: AMD has a similar education effort called Exposing the Speed Trap which you can read online at athlonxp.amd.com and I similarly recommend reading it. AMD's web site goes on to explain why they also are using a rather bizarre numbering scheme for the Athlon XP. The 1.53 GHz processor for example is called the Athlon XP 1800 because it's supposed to remind you that it performs as well as other 1800 MHz (i.e. 1.8 GHz) processors. Personally, I find this marketing scheme to be insulting and very similar to Intel's own exploitation of clock speed. Sigh. They make an excellent point. If AMD wants to prove that clock speed does not equate performance, "quantispeed" is the wrong way to go. Tenchusatsu

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