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To: Windsock who wrote (84376)	12/30/1999 8:21:00 AM
From: Bill Jackson	Respond to of 1573432

Windsock, You twit, read the fine print. The Intel system had 128M of Rambus memory and cost nearly twice as much. Even with the Rambus memory it was barely ahead. Take away the Rambus, or give the Athlon Rambus(soon) and the Athlon would have kicked the P-III to death. Think when you reference unequal benchmarks. You would make the same complaint with a benchmark slanted against Intel.

To: Windsock who wrote (84376)	12/30/1999 12:06:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1573432

Windsock, All these benchmarks, especially the ones influenced by Intel/Rambo* have become a joke. Only MHz (MHZ sells-TM McMannis) and the FPU matters. Intel did that. The Mhz race is about even and the FPU goes easily to the Athlon. The Flopper is about maxed out in MHz (maybe another 100 Mhz but the Athlon is headed much higher and to a better platform and integrated L2. I might as well mention the expensive RAMBUS the Flopper needs to get close to Athlons benchmarks. Still, Intel must be commended for Scramblin' an old dog (P6) to new Mhz heights. Deal with it. Jim