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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (16756)	11/2/2000 5:19:52 AM
From: stribe30	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 275872

To Jim; ANAND RESPONDS TO YOUR POST ABOUT SPEC SCORES Pardon the Caps.. just a way to bring attention to the message (I havent got these SI codes figured out on how to bolden or colour text on here). Anyhow.. a forwarded copy of an email sent to me from Anand (who didnt mind if this was posted publicly btw - at least.. I said his response would probably get posted and he had no objection to it) ------- "Thanks for the email. I've already seen SPEC benchmarks for the Pentium 4, and yes it does very well, but does that mean that I should ditch the benchmark? I don't think so. I received overwhelming request to expand our benchmark suite to include more than just what we had been doing, and thus I included Linpack and SPEC CPU2000 so I could provide better analysis. This is the equivalent of saying that I shouldn't include SPECviewperf numbers because the Athlon dominates in many cases. When the Pentium 4 arrives you'll see an even more in-depth analysis than what you saw in the DDR review. I will be fair as I have been in the past and take a look at why the platforms/processors are performing the way they do. Remember that there's also much more to SPEC than just FP when it comes to processors, SPECint2000 is another area I will be focusing on, and we already know that the Pentium 4 isn't so hot there. In the end the addition of SPEC numbers is better for the reviews as a whole, I was sick of just spitting out a bunch of benchmarks without actually getting any information from them. With SPEC, I can show where these numbers are coming from and illustrate future performance trends, etc... If all I gave was the final SPEC number with no analysis, then yes, I can see the poster's point, however that's not going to be the case. The point is to provide the reader with as much information as possible so that he/she can make a very educated decision, that's what I'm attempting to do here and that's what I've always pushed to do in the past. Thanks again for your email. The way I see it is this, when a reader comes to AnandTech they are essentially putting their money in my hands. Whether it be $50, $100 or $1000, they are trusting me with that and I owe it to them to provide them with the best, most impartial recommendation I can come up with. That has been my philosophy from day one and it will always continue to be so. Take care, Anand Anand Lal Shimpi Editor in Chief & CEO, AnandTech, Inc. anandtech.com --------------