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To: Paul Engel who wrote (42318)	11/27/1998 11:48:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Respond to of 1572718

Paul- RE: "Sounds like the Winstone 99 benchmark was modified to be a better indicator of the overall CPU SYSTEM - which includes the caches." I suppose ZD may have overlooked that aspect of the processor when the first two were written. When Wintune 97 came out, Pentimum MMXs were the craze and they had 512K L2 cache on the motherboard running at 66MHz. When Wintune 98 came out, the Pentium II had 512K L2 cache running at half speed, but the K6 still had a 66MHz L2 cache on the motherboard and the K6-2 and Celeron A hadn't come out yet. I suppose you agree with everything else I wrote in my message because you refuted only one of my arguements. "Do I detect a CRINGE here?" Yup, it was just your reflex to the fact that the K6-3 will perform very well on Wintune 99. ""10% Slower but 24% CHEAPER makes ($259 K6-2 400 vs. $323 PII 400 on Pricewatch) the 400 MHz K6-2 the Price Performance LEADER !" I'll re-write this - the 300 MHz Celeron is the PRICE PERFORMANCE LEADER - 62% CHEAPER than a 400 MHz K6-2 and only 7% SLOWER !" WHOA! Paul, take it easy! There is NO need to yell at your own comment!

To: Paul Engel who wrote (42318)	11/28/1998 12:16:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572718

Paul, Anand's article is fascinating. It shows that at 400 MHz Xeon at $2000, runs a full 20% faster than a $100 300 MHz Celeron. 20% performance gain at only 2000% the price!!!! It just goes to show how ignorant corporate PC buyers are, and how much promise AMD has as an investment. Intel has succeeded in creating a totally non-sensical price structure, which AMD will now use to reap rewards. Scumbria

To: Paul Engel who wrote (42318)	11/28/1998 8:42:00 PM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572718

Anand's benchmarks are problematical and inconclusive. Why did he use a new benchmark making comparisons to any previous results impossible? The benchmark "emphasizes multitasking." How ridiculous! How often do you recalculate a million cell spreadsheet while your word processor is doing a search and replace and you are shooting space aliens in a window? The benchmarks used a "special BIOS" of unknown quality. The results were inconsistent with themselves and common sense. What does "more sensitive to heat" mean? I'm afraid we'll have to wait to draw any conclusions about the CXT core. Petz