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To: Joe NYC who wrote (34215)	3/30/2001 9:12:35 AM
From: dale_laroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

"I think your "MHz sells" rule will be under a severe test." I do not think that the test will be severe in this case. MHz does sell, the question is to what point. Does MHz sell only at speed grades of under 1.0 GHz, does it extend upwards indefinitely, or does it cut off at say 1.2 GHz? Additionally, this processor could provide respectable performance. For every day activities, anything over the performance of a 600 MHz Celeron is overkill. For gaming, 600 MHz P-III or 700 MHz Celeron level performance is adequate. The 733 MHz C3 seems to deliver about the integer performance of a 400 MHz Celeron, which is not adequate. Although the C4 would not be able to match the integer performance of a C3 of the same clock rate, scaling of the C3 is better than that of the Celeron. Thus, it is quite possible that an 1100 MHz C4 would reach the integer performance level at which additional performance is not really detectable by the user. And the dual OOO SSE units could potentially give Intel's highest speed grade Celeron a run for the money in gaming. All this is speculation, but I think the C4 could indeed be a viable alternative to at least the Celeron.