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To: chic_hearne who wrote (109108)8/31/2000 1:52:42 PM
From: Scumbria  Respond to of 186894
 
Chic,

You can't have it both ways. If you take the Rambus bandwidth numbers seriously, it's clear the P4 is in serious trouble and is one SLOW processor clock-for-clock compared to the Athlon.

The problem for Intel and Rambus is far more serious than that. The benchmarks indicate two things:

1. DRAM bandwidth on Willy is very high!

2. High DRAM bandwidth is meaningless for most applications. (Even with high DRAM bandwidth available, the benchmarks were terrible.)

Scumbria



To: chic_hearne who wrote (109108)8/31/2000 2:44:48 PM
From: JDN  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 186894
 
Dear Chic hearne: I admit I have certainly been confused lately. I am buying a new computer this fall, originally planned in Sept. but with all the new stuff coming out I thought I would postpone it a couple of months and see if I can get next years technology now. I was truly excited about the p4 as first change in 6 years and thought it would get me into the future, then the problems developed. So I am just watching and waiting. JDN


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