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To: wanna_bmw who wrote (159473)	2/20/2002 3:29:36 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 186894

Re: the Pentium 4 still wins in the majority of the benchmarks. The .13 2200 P4 is ahead in 18 benchmarks. The .18 2000 Athlon is ahead in 11 benchmarks. 3 of P4's "wins" consisted of 3 runs of 3DSMax 4.26 (while Athlon won the 4th run). Note also that "This benchmark is also taken from Intel Pentium 4 Application Launcher, just like Ligos GoMotion Video Decoder, Premiere with Ligos, Windows Media Encoder 7.0 and NaturallySpeaking Pref 4.0." Why not let AMD pick a few of the benchmarks? A 2000 vs. a 2000 would probably have the Athlon ahead. AMD will be launching its own .13 chips very soon. AMD's chips cost AMD much less to produce, so AMD is able to sell its chips for less. AMD has 2 new processes coming out this year (.13 and .13 SOI), and a major new generation (Hammer) that will update and replace the current Athlon architecture - also this year. We've already seen every significant new thing Intel will have to offer for a long, long, time. SMT technology will help some on optimized applications, but actually slow down the installed base of software. McKinley, if it's only 50% faster than Itanium is now, will continue to be a sad joke. Whatever good news was coming from Intel is now out and the market seems to be selling on the news. AMD has major new advances scheduled all year long - .13 Athlon, followed by .13/SOI Athlon followed by 64-bit Hammer.