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To: Elmer who wrote (114497)	10/19/2000 1:24:15 AM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Elmer - RE: "Just what is a real world benchmark? Is it only the ones that make Intel architecture look bad? Please tell us what benchmark uses the type of applications, simultaneously, that we will be running in the years to come? I'm sure there are plenty that measure performance on yesterday's systems, running one thing at a time. Yesterday's thinking." If SPEC numbers summarized processor performance the PIII would ALWAYS be faster than the Athlon at the same speed. You and I know this is NOT true. "You're the one who posted those numbers, not me, not Intel. And if those numbers are correct, they're outstanding." Yes, they're outstanding for SPEC scores. Paraphrasing Scumbria, how many times do you run SPEC a day? To clarify, I'm not saying SPEC scores aren't good indicators of performance, I'm saying one can't come to a FINAL conclusion about desktop processors JUST by looking at the scores. "Now just imagine if they're conservative....." I've thought about that too...