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To: neolib who wrote (156551)4/16/2005 2:28:43 PM
From: dougSF30Read Replies (3) of 275872
 
Smithfield is a crappy DC processor. Think Celeron. It *has* to be relatively cheap.

Intel's Celeron pricing does not indicate there is "no pot of gold" in any segment of the single-core market, so why should Smithfield pricing be indicative of all segments of the desktop DC market?

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Having said all that, let's take an actual look at Smithfield pricing:

3.2GHz EE $1000
3.2GHz $528
3.0GHz $314
2.8GHz $240

Is that particularly cheap? Well, not really.

Now, where will AMD's Athlon64 X2s fall performance-wise?

We know the 4400+ = (2.2GHz ; 512K) L2 x 2, that is, 2 3500+ parts.

So, clearly, that lies above the 3.2 non-EE, probably on almost everything. The 3.2 EE might outperform on special, Intel-cooked-up 4-thread low-memory-usage benchmarks, so let us be VERY conservative, and rank the parts like this:

1. A64 X2 4800+ $_____
2. (tie) A64 X2 4600+ $_____
2. (tie) 840 EE $1000
3. A64 X2 4400+ $_____
4. 840 $528
5. 830 $314
6. 820 $240

What's the problem?
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