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To: Elmer who wrote (79587)	11/11/1999 10:15:00 PM
From: kash johal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572637

Elmer, Re:""PIII 700 costs $70 MORE than Athlon 700." That's justified. It outperforms it." Er..........say what!!!!!! No wait.........you are right......it does on those "faked SPEC scores" it sure does manage to "eke" out win. However something sure "smells" about those benchmarks. Kash

To: Elmer who wrote (79587)	11/11/1999 10:16:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572637

Elmer - "That's justified. It outperforms it." Yeah, maybe with the i840 chipset. You can't compare AMD's benchmarks on their site to Intel's on their site. Too many chances for descrepancy. You of all people would want a back to back comparison, but since you can say PIII 700 is faster in a few benchmarks, you are showing what you WANT to. Check out Anand's and Tom's BACK to BACK benchmarks. Then try to tell us PIII 700 outperforms Athlon 700 overall. PIII 650 costs $125! more than Athlon 650.