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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (17515)	11/3/2000 4:53:23 PM
From: jcholewa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

> So before any AMDroid goes crying foul over the use of SPEC scores, he should realize that SPEC used to be one > of AMD's favorite benchmarks for showing off their Athlon. I agree with you that Anand using spec2000 is no big deal. However, I do support the ... er ... "AMDroid" point that spec2k may represent the best case scenario for P4 and that this benchmark may be showcased in a way that may point it out as the primarily important benchmark (along with Q3) of the future for these consumer enthusiasts. I believe the point of those people who are complaining is that AMD used a variety of benchmarks to show off the Athlon's superiority over the Katmai, while the fear here is that spec2k and Q3A will be lifted in importance solely because they are the best case scenario for Intel's new core in terms of realworldy per-clock performance. So my angle is in between: I am happy with Anand's use of spec2k, so long as a larger array of general benchmarks are treated with just as much import as the new test.     -JC