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To: kash johal who wrote (72078)	9/17/1999 1:59:00 AM
From: Petz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573243

MAXIMUM PC, October 99 cover story: INTEL AND AMD FIGHT TO THE FINISH! *PENTIUM III vs. ATHLON* (1.5" letters) (still the cover: ) Which is faster? We name the processor champion! The best 600 MHz systems benchmarked & rated Complete guide to picking the right CPU for you Inside, the ultimate CPU showdown is represented as a boxing match: "PENTIUM III vs. ATHLON in the ultimate CPU SHOWDOWN Can Team Intel withstand the AMD challenge? We pit two Pentium III systems against two Athlon systems to determine the Processor Champion of the Century. Don't buy your next sytem before we name the winner." enough hype? skipping forward to........... THE JUDGES' DECISION And the winner is ... AMD Athlon! While the fights were extremely close, the CPU-specific benchmarks on the preceeding pages show that the Athlon has the edge in real-world performance. In both the evenly matched undercard and lopsided main event (in which the Pentium III weighed in light by 50 MHz), the Athlon proved itself the more formidable processor. In an even 600 MHz matchup, the Athlon-driven Compaq machine posted a bootMark score that was 16 points higher than that achieved by the stronger performer of the two 600 MHz P-IIIs. In the main event, the Athlon hit a 41 point advantage. The bootMark guages a CPU's pure integer and cache performance. The bootMark rounds go to Athlon --- decisively. ... The Athlon easily toyed with the P-III in the SYSmark rounds, indicating it's simply the superior processor if you use a wide variety of Windows 98 apps. (Note, the "undercard" was a comparison between the DELL Dimension XPS PIII-600 and the Compaq Presario 5861 Athlon-600. The "Main Event" was between the Micron Millennnia MAX (PIII-600) and the Cybermax AP6 MAX (Athlon650). The Athlon systems were also $300 - $400 cheaper than their competitors. Some of the above may make it to the online version in a few days maximumpc.com or maximumpcmag.com Petz