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To: Process Boy who wrote (68499)	8/11/1999 8:33:00 AM
From: Dan3	Respond to of 1579144

Stating the obvious: Early Athlon boards are expensive theregister.co.uk ====================================================== Athlon mobos three times dearer than PIII equivalents Taiwanese magazine Eurotrade is quoting research by Mercury Research that the price of motherboards for the Athlon K7 means that although the chip is faster than the Pentium III, motherboards are far more expensive. According to the survey, which can be found here, the Athlon shows a typical 14 per cent performance boost over Pentium III technology. The Meter also confirms a mass of other benchmarks from Web sites, showing that the AMD chip trounces Intel's current offerings. But, Eurotradecomments, motherboards from MicroStar and GigaByte are typically three times more expensive than equivalent Pentium III mobos, making any price reduction AMD has managed on its Athlon family negligible. That could change when and if chipsets from Via, Ali and Sis start to be adopted big time by other Taiwanese manufacturers, says Eurotrademag. That will depend on volume Athlons being supplied by AMD, says the report. The Eurotrade story on the Athlon can be found here. ©

To: Process Boy who wrote (68499)	8/11/1999 9:22:00 AM
From: vince doran	Respond to of 1579144

PB, W.Youth, process guys: Okay, the current K7 design is significantly (please, no nitpicking) faster than the current PIII. What is within the realm of the possible that Intel could manufacture in the next 4 months to overcome that speed advantage? Among the possibles, are there any practicals? TIA, Vince