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To: Joe NYC who wrote (189616)	3/13/2006 8:08:59 PM
From: eracer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

Re: I wonder how many people realize that with a processor like that, you get a single thread performance (most of apps out ther) equivalent of what was available 4 years ago. Some people who fall for this may in effect be downgrading as opposed to upgrading their PCs with that CPU. Most buyers don't have a clear understanding about the exact performance differences between specific CPUs. But I bet many users with four year old computers would be content with an 805 system. The top of the line systems 4 years ago today were the Athlon XP 2100+ and 2.2GHz/400MHz FSB Northwood. A typical mainstream desktop system would be a 1.7GHz Northwood/Athlon XP 1700+. With all of the improvements to video cards, hard drives and the like most people still using a 4 year old system would consider it a decent upgrade or suitable replacement even if the 805 raw CPU power on single threaded apps isn't good by today's standards and not much better than what was available then.