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To: wanna_bmw who wrote (57822)	10/9/2001 1:17:33 AM
From: milo_morai	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

I may have stated that the 1.4Ghz can beat the 2.0Ghz on some marks, I don't recall saying it was equal. I know a 1.4Ghz can beat a 1.8Ghz P4 on almost all marks except maybe Q3 and some synthetic memory marks. M.

To: wanna_bmw who wrote (57822)	10/9/2001 7:34:06 AM
From: fyodor_	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Wanna: Milo, weren't you one of the people that claimed that the 1.4GHz Athlon is equal to the 2.0GHz Pentium 4, and the Palomino core would bring even more of a lead? I would like to note that benchmarks have become much more widely optimized (or, at least, the optimized benchmarks are more widely used), whereas the number of actual applications optimized has remained relatively constant. SIMD optimizations are notoriously difficult for compilers to do and until Microsoft puts it in their compiler, widespread SIMD optimization of any kind is not going to happen (with the exception of graphics drivers, but integrated T&L has removed much of the need for it here). One final comment&#133 the ExtremeTech review uses an AMD-based motherboard - this is far from the fastest solution available today. Even if you don't want to count the KT266A (since it's only been out for a short time), e.g. the SiS735 still significantly improves upon the performance of the AMD760 chipset. -fyo