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To: pgerassi who wrote (134232)	5/6/2001 8:34:30 AM
From: fyodor_	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Pete: The word is getting out that in the real world, the P4 is an overpriced under performer. Its a POS. The P4 may not be the greatest chip out there right now, but it looks very tough to beat on .13&#181 coupled with DDR-SDRAM. Yes, performance isn't going to be quite as good as with Rambus memory, but raw clock-speed combined with the inevitable performance (IPC) enhancements (likely not too many, but e.g. more L2 cache seems a certainty) will make it a very powerful chip. Heck, if Intel really feels that more bandwidth is needed, they can always use 2 DDR-SDRAM channels - just like they've been using two DRDRAM channels with the i850. The motherboard will be somewhat more expensive, but total price (memory + motherboard) will still be below DRDRAM+i850. -fyo

To: pgerassi who wrote (134232)	5/6/2001 1:51:50 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Peter Principle - Re: "A very chagrinned friend. A Dell 1.5GHz 128MB PC800 P4. After all the benches and checkmarks, he took the computer back for a refund. He called it a POS too" What a coincidence - my friend took back his AthWiper system - a Compaq - which kept resetting due to overheating issues - and he ordered a Dell Pentium 4 system. He loves the Dell - ROCK SOLID - and he claims it was faster than his AthWiper - and he can leave it on - and it doesn't shut itself off ! Paul