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To: Petz who wrote (226426)	2/20/2007 11:23:33 AM
From: dougSF30	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

Allow me to suggest a different view: On floating-point, Barcelona will be very good, but the crazy 40% figure is for something rather contrived. On integer, Barcelona will trail, even without 3GHz. "Cagey" is an understatement for AMD's behavior. They refuse to be specific in any way (beyond "floating point", more recently) regarding their claims. That equals "buyer beware".

To: Petz who wrote (226426)	2/20/2007 9:19:46 PM
From: Frank13	Respond to of 275872

Petz, From what I've read, the Barcelona will be a real barn- burner on floating point. On integer, AMD has been a bit cagey about performance. I suspect it will be way ahead in 4- socket performance, at least until Intel comes out with its 4- FSB chipset. 2-socket will be pretty close; if Intel can hit 3 GHz, they will probably lead. But even it Intel is ahead a bit in 2-socket integer performance, lower power consumption could outweigh that. What AMD said is the 40% advantage on FP intensive tasks. We also had reports that the chips would not clock that high, at least initially. So yes power consumption should be good. But it's a new core and all so it's possible AMD regain the performance crown. With the information I currently have, I am bearish for the next 2 to 3 quarters but beyond that, with the new core, I will wait for benchmarks and reevaluate. actually is there any 4-socket chipset that will work with Intel quad-cores, or will that 4-FSB one be the only choice? When? I don't know.