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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (68184)	8/10/1999 12:04:00 AM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578499

Tench - RE: "Tom attributes this to "3D-chip's limits," but then again, his review is rather biased, as if Athlon needs any of his bias." I guess it depends on what the demo requires to run fast. The half-life demo shows a strong FPU is needed because the Athlon smothers the PIII. While Tom uses Shogo to show Direct X performance, Anand uses Expendable. Expendable shows the Athlon being faster. "So you tell me which numbers we should believe as representative of Athlon's true power. We can go through the Net and pick and choose which benchmarks to show." No. YOU have to pick and choose. I can blindly choose one and chances are very high that those benchmarks will show the Athlon being faster! "But I'd rather see something that is more consistent, something that gives me a good idea as to what the real advantage of Athlon is. No one is doubting Athlon's FPU performance, but it does bother me that the results are all over the place, even those within a single review." Read Anand's review. It is the most balanced review. "I'll wait until the true potential is consistently reached." That may take a LONG time. The P6 core's true potential hasn't even been reached.