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To: Road Walker who wrote (53275)8/30/2001 6:17:36 PM
From: jcholewaRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
> If Intel came out with processors that performed better
> per clock than AMD processors, would AMD then have a lower
> model number than their clock speed?

AMD has indeed done this in the past, with their 133MHz "PR75" rated chip.

-JC



To: Road Walker who wrote (53275)8/30/2001 7:00:21 PM
From: AK2004Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
John
I think JC answered the question. Now does that mean that public should trust amd?
Regards
-Albert



To: Road Walker who wrote (53275)8/30/2001 7:54:07 PM
From: Milan ShahRead Replies (2) | Respond to of 275872
 
If not, then why should any consumer trust AMD's subjective perception of their own products. Rather than an easily verified industry standard?

I think what AMD is trying to do is get the consumer to compare apples to apples - if the top-of-the-line P4 is a 2GHz model, and AMD produces a chip called the Athlon XP 2000+, then AMD is inviting the consumer to compare its offering with the P4 2GHz. As long as the two products are comparable using a wide variety of benchmarks, then AMD's purpose is achieved.

I don't think AMD is trying to actually have the number mean anything concrete. One line of thought I had was to completely eliminate numbers from the model name, but the only thing I can think of that is monotically increasing (and recognizable as such by the common consumer) is a number.

So, the trust comes when the consumer looks at third-party benchmark results and discovers that the P4 2GHz is comparable in performance to the the Athlon XP 2000+.

Milan



To: Road Walker who wrote (53275)8/30/2001 8:07:50 PM
From: hmalyRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
John Re..If not, then why should any consumer trust AMD's subjective perception of their own products. Rather than an easily verified industry standard?<<<<

What are the odds that the companies that every one here works for doesn't do that with every product that they sell. How many companies don't define the products they are selling? Mhz is just one way of defining the performance of a computer, it is not the only way.


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