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To: Dan3 who wrote (73109)	3/3/2002 10:38:59 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 275872

Dan, Re: "AMD's model numbers reflect relative performance far more accurately than a simple mhz to mhz comparison would." Wrong, Dan. QuantiSpeed is quite a bit less accurate than Intel's megahertz. Remember that graph that Andreas showed with megahertz vs SpecInt? bielefeld.netsurf.de:8080/~a_wonisch/amd/mhzperf.gif If you made a similar graph of Model Numbers vs SpecInt, the difference would be even more obvious (since model numbers increase at a rate of 3/2 that of megahertz). Model numbers only makes the Athlon XP look better with respect to the Pentium 4 from a marketing perspective. It has no relevance to performance, and in fact, it's even less accurate. wbmw