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To: ericneu who wrote (94669)	12/28/1999 5:45:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

To Eric and All: Athlon 800 slower than Intel 750 JFD Early Tests: Athlon-800 vs. PIII-750 PC WorldBench scores find the first 800-MHz Athlon system slightly trails Intel's Pentium III-750. by Tom Mainelli, PC World December 27, 1999, 1:00 p.m. PT Advanced Micro Devices won't officially announce its 800-MHz Athlon chip until early January, but we've already tested an upcoming Polywell PC running the new processor. The first word: The new system scored ever-so-slightly lower in our PC WorldBench 98 than a comparably configured 750-MHz Pentium III reference system.