Tenchusatsu,
think about it. Performance depends on the entire system, not just the processor. If AMD wants to pretend that "QuantiSpeed" reflects true performance
Of processor, not hard disk for example. But the issue gets complicated, since performance of the processor depends on chipset, memory type.
It's funny how the AMDroids on the Mod thread are trying to figure out the system that determines "QuantiSpeed" model numbers, because the fact is that there is no system.
The model numbers are for marketing, to make it simpler to for a buyer which processors are similar. Suppose the buyer sees 1.67 GHz Athlon XP-2000+, 1.7 MHz Willamette, 2 GHz Willamette, 2 GHz Northwood?
Given that P4 has a market dominance, its clock speed is the measure of performance these days, so when a buyer goes to buy a CPU, he would make a mistake thinking that 1.67 GHz is the worst processor, when it clearly is either the best or the second best.
I know that Intel investors are salivating at the possibility that buyers mistakenly buy Intel processors instead of AMD processor. And it is the root cause of the why Intel investors are so infuriated by QuantiSpeed, which is designed to prevent buyers from making these "mistakes".
A friend of mine worked for a borderline fraudulent telemarketing company that called itself IPM something or other, and they were selling supplies for IBM computers. (Well the friend of mine quit the job after a couple of weeks, because his conscience didn't let him do it.) The goal was to say the name quickly and hope that people would not hear the name correctly, and buy from the company based on the mistake.
This is what you guys want, while you pretend to be after some ideal measure of performance.
Joe |
