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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (50524)	8/9/2001 2:46:18 PM
From: jcholewa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

> And on top of that I think a CPU that has to rely on a > crutch like SSE2 to get good benchmarks is a poorly designed > chip. Kind of like...bragging up your car engine horsepower > by reving it up on methanol. > Then comparing it to one that runs on ordinary gasoline. It could be said, though, that the Pentiumobile has a valid advantage in that the Athlonascar cannot be revved up with methanol. -JC

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (50524)	8/9/2001 5:29:22 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

Jim, Re: "I think a CPU that has to rely on a crutch like SSE2 to get good benchmarks is a poorly designed chip." If you think that, then you ought to extend your statement to many of Intel's previous generations, because many past micro-architectures have needed software optimizations to truly break away from the older designs. The Pentium needed code that favored a pipelined processor, the P6 needed code that favored an out-of-order processor, and now Netburst needs code that makes use of a new instruction set. If you are going to make a point that optimizations are a crutch to an otherwise poor design, then I have to hand it to Intel for becoming a multi-billion dollar industry based on making the most out of what they have. wanna_bmw