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To: that_crazy_doug who wrote (34139)	3/29/2001 5:39:49 PM
From: porn_start878	Respond to of 275872

There were tons of applications that you could see the difference between a cache-less celeron and a p2 on. You probably wont' be able to tell the difference in most apps between a p4 1.3ghz with sdram, and a 1.3ghz DDR athlon, because both will probably be more than what you need. If the difference isn't large and obvious on stuff people run daily I don't know if there will be teh same backlash. It as always been hard to differentiate a 20-30% gap in performance, but if you have to choose, you choose the best deal. I'm surprised to see how fast and wide the "P4 sucks" mentality is spreading, I see people I would never believe they know anything about computer reviews knowing that. My guess is that a lot of shops aren't ordering any and are informing customers on P4 performance. In your example you compare P3-sdr with k7-ddr... in that situation the buyer will rather go for a k7-sdr, since he heard k7 was a better chip. On the high-end side, you'll soon be able to get cheap DDR (already down to 84$ for 128Mb... I consider that 60$ is cheap)... It'll be a while before PC800 drop as much. Max