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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (123471)9/1/2000 9:47:39 PM
From: Scumbria  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1570814
 
Tom compares 1.1GHz CPU's

Finally there is one more reason to favor AMD's new processor - the price. I already mentioned that I found Athlon 1100 at PriceWatch. With 719 US-Dollars it's almost $250 cheaper than the best offer for a Pentium III 1 GHz at US$ 962! I guess it's needless to add that no retailer in the world is selling a Pentium III 1.13 GHz. This miraculous piece of, excuse me, silicon-trash only ships in a few OEM boxes for the gentleman who's got really everything, even the silver telephone dialer.


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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (123471)9/2/2000 9:32:26 AM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1570814
 
In addition, NVidia has also been making noises about an Athlon version of said chipset. Now a Mustang on that platform would be a fascinating competitor to the P4...