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To: Windsock who wrote (85698)	1/7/2000 12:15:00 AM
From: Buckwheat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1580613

Windsock, the Polywell system cost $2800 as tested. I wonder what the Intel 750 reference system would have cost. I'm sure the RAMBUS memory alone would have cost around $900. $900 will buy more performance improvements in other sub-systems (hard drives, Ultra SCSI-2, video, more SDRAM) than a faster processor can provide. Regardless of the winner, I have little faith in PC World's comparison testing. Comparatively configured to them means all of the machines were shipped with a beige case. I guess that's why an Apple was not included in the test. Buckwheat

To: Windsock who wrote (85698)	1/7/2000 1:52:00 AM
From: Petz	Respond to of 1580613

Windsock, in addition to Buckwheats comments about RDRAM expense and poor testing, AMD has recently made changes in the Athlon chipset which speed up performance by 1/2 to 1 speed grade. The greatest improvement occurs in memory-bandwidth limited benchmarks, which are the ones that flopper does well on. Petz

To: Windsock who wrote (85698)	1/7/2000 7:11:00 AM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 1580613

whatever you say elmer..... AMD Athlon PROCESSOR, THE FASTEST PC PROCESSOR IN THE WORLD! Intel should sue! Sounds like you got an open and shut case there Phudd! And don't forget to switch from LONG to SHORT on your AMD investment! Make it so, Mysef