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To: Scumbria who wrote (39789)	4/13/2000 10:15:00 AM
From: jim kelley	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 93625

What the buyer sees is that the DELL 866 is faster than an Athlon 1GHZ. He does not care to analyze why AMD can not put an on board cache. Get it? :)

To: Scumbria who wrote (39789)	4/13/2000 10:36:00 AM
From: Dave B	Respond to of 93625

Scumbria, Apologies, I should have been clearer about my confusion. You started by saying that I should be careful in the comparisons because faster processors generally meant better scores. When I quoted that the results actually had the PIII 866 from Dell performing as well as the 1GHz Athlons, you said that showed your point - the on-board L2 cache was responsible for the better performance. So my confusion stems from the fact that showing a slower processor performing as well as the faster processor is counter to your first statement, but you say it supports your first statement. What am I missing? I understand the benefits of on-board L2 cache. I'm actually not worried about the specifics, though, at this very moment. From a Rambus perspective, the whole PIII/RDRAM system presents itself well based on these articles. It's probably due to many, many factors. The average customer is trusting that Dell, IBM, HP, et. al. is combining all of the factors to give them the best overall solution. That's the key right now, and apparently the vendors putting the PIII/820/RDRAM parts together are making the right choices. Dave