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To: dhellman who wrote (56627)	9/28/2001 12:36:38 PM
From: 5dave22	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

<System builders have been warned not to mention the actual clock speeds of the chips, but to talk of quantispeed processors, to suggest they're turbocharged.> That's funny, we'll see what they do. The reality is that a 1.53GHz performs as a 1.53GHz chip SHOULD perform - it's just that a 1.8GHz P4 performs like a 1.53GHz Athlon. Dave

To: dhellman who wrote (56627)	9/28/2001 12:57:30 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

I guess my sources were pretty good they said Oct 12...now I hear the 9th to the 16th. They missed it on the 1.6 Ghz but were dead on with the 1.53. 1.6 Ghz would be PR1900+. I think we will see that before the end of the year... I remind everyone that these PR ratings are compared to thunderbird not P4..right? And Ted Waite is still talking to the COw...he's lost it... Jim

To: dhellman who wrote (56627)	9/28/2001 1:03:37 PM
From: Elmer	Respond to of 275872

AMD has given the Palominos their 1500 plus etc. names, and not used the clock speeds of the processors, to move away from direct comparisons with Intel processor speeds. Or to be more precise, it's given them names to suggest faster clock speeds than they've got, based on their rule of thumb that AMD processors match or beat the performance of Intel processors which are 300MHz faster. A direct admission by AMD that even their newest unreleased processor, XP1800, is beaten by Intel's fastest P4. Furthermore that is based on AMD's own ultra biased rating system. In AMD's own words, they're behind. Clearly MegaHurts (tm EPHUD '01) EP