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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (40435)	4/20/2000 1:49:00 AM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 93625

Tenchusatsu, Via's PC133 chipset could not beat the 820 in any benchmark, although in a lot of benchmarks, Via came very close. In workstation apps, however, 820/RDRAM pulled further ahead, even showing a 14% advantage over PC133 at one point. RDRAM provides an advantage over a mediocre SDRAM chipset (Via), but loses consistently to a good SDRAM chipset (BX). (No, I'm not including the results of Tom's overclocked 440BX system, since it's not valid as a production system.) It may be convenient to make a point, but it just evades the issue. BX beats Via consistently at 100 MHz FSB. Isn't it only fair to consider how well the BX chipset would perform at 133 MHz if Intel didn't purposly try to tip the scales? Tom tested it, and he proved the hypothesis. Suppose a production level 133 BX loses a percentage over 100 MHz BX overclocked to 133 (Intel is becoming a master at crippling their technology lately). So instead of consistently beating RDRAM, suppose the score would be mostly tied. Wouldn't you say that it contradicts the conclusion of your post: But RDRAM does indeed provide a performance benefit over PC133 Joe