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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (52749)	3/17/1999 2:22:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577973

<Don't forget they're also comparing to the lower Celeron standard as opposed to the PII standard. If they were using the Celeron (and not the PII) standard before, Cyrix would actually have to LOWER (very slightly) its PR ratings, since they are based entirely on integer performance.> Seems like Cyrix is pulling a Clinton and redefining the meaning of the term "performance." They want to compare their processor to the Celeron, but no, they can't compare it to the Celeron's FPU, because that would be unfair. So they'll compare it to the Celeron's integer performance, because that's how they'll make their MII processor look good. Is it any wonder why everyone is confused and no one really takes the PR rating seriously anymore? How many of you out there think that if you buy an MII PR300, you are seriously getting something that performs as well as a Celeron or K6-2 300? Not I. Even AMD isn't going with the PR rating anymore with the K6-III. If they did, they could call their processors the K6-III PR450 and PR500, even though that PR rating only applies to a single integer benchmark. Tenchusatsu