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To: tejek who wrote (90257)	1/28/2000 5:15:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571682

Ted, at least we agree on one thing. The name of the game isn't "MHz cat-n-mouse." The name of the game is actually unit volumes, especially volumes at the MHz sweet spots and above (which I currently pin at 600 MHz). All this jabbering about 800 MHz sightings, 900 MHz "aces in the hole," yada yada mean very little in the grand scheme of things. All they amount to is bragging rights. <How can you be sure that Willamette will blow any AMD competition out of the water?> Because from my point-of-view, a Willamette "worst-case scenario" will match or even beat an Athlon "best-case scenario," reasonably speaking. Obviously, I can only speak from my own point-of-view, but I think my judgement is sound. And of course, I don't know whether AMD has anything else planned for Mustang and Sledgehammer than what they already announced. All I know is that AMD better have something more planned for Mustang and Sledgehammer if they want to match up to Willamette. Tenchusatsu

To: tejek who wrote (90257)	1/28/2000 7:32:00 PM
From: eplace	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571682

Ted re:I think anyone on this thread is foolish to make any future claims until the products are actually out and have been benchmarked. How can either company be sure of anything? However AMD has a small advantage since it foisted the Athlon on an unsuspecting Intel and any game enhances that advantage. ted Well said, ted. There is a little bit too much of this we'll kick your butts in the future kind of stuff from both sides. When I first started reading this thread back in August or September of last year, there was a lot of Intel will kick your ass with Coppermine stuff being thrown out by those Intel guys (oh and i820 couldn't be beat either). Hasn't quite worked out that way. Only time will tell who this year's winner will be. Meanwhile, we're all best served watching what actually shows up out there. 850 or 900 anyone. (Heard a rumour Intel will announce their 866 soon and will have available sometime this summer.) Ed P.