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To: Dan3 who wrote (141757)	8/16/2001 1:26:43 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Dan, Re: "So we pretty routinely run various software on similar 1.3GHZ Athlons and 1.7GHZ P4s for final pre-delivery tests." It's remarkable that you have the time to run more benchmark suites on your debug platforms than most hardware reviewers who make it their job to do so. At least, that's the logical assumption, given that you presume to know more than they do. wanna_bmw

To: Dan3 who wrote (141757)	8/16/2001 3:20:38 PM
From: fingolfen	Respond to of 186894

Our 1.3GHZ Athlons generally run the same speed as the 1.7GHZ P4, each processor has its favorite code, but these two chips overall, in our experience, offer the same performance. Athlon 4 tests out up to 80% faster in IPC than Athlon depending on the software used, but a very fair estimate for overall performance is 10%, which would put a 1.3GHZ Athlon 4 equal to a 1.87GHZ P4. Again, you're assuming that both the A4 and the P4 scale linearly with the same slope. If you're such a testing guru, you should realize that's not always the case and desist with the oversimplifications.