Re: FYI Re: Pentium 4

From: Tommy C. Li (realitymage_at_adelphia.net)
Date: 01/29/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 19:19:28 -0800

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Joseph wrote:
| Pentium 4 Litigation
|
| This action alleged violations of false advertising and unfair
| competition laws in the sale of Pentium 4 based computers.
|
| The suit, which is seeking class action status, claims that Intel and
| other computer resellers have advertised the Pentium 4 is the most
| powerful processor for the pc. However studies show that the Pentium 4 is
| slower than both the Pentium 3 and the AMD Athlon processor.
|
| http://www.bigclassaction.com/class_action/pentium.html
|

That is the biggest bull*** I've ever heard. First of all, your logic
is obviously based on the fact that Pentium for has less performance per
cycle than P3 and Athlon. However, the Pentium 4 was designed, and runs
at a significantly higher clock speed than both the Pentium 3 and Athlon.

Also, performance is based on both the chip architechture AND the clock
speed the chip runs at. That is, a 2 ghz P4 will be faster than 1 ghz
P4. It is therefore ludicris to make a blanket statement like "Pentium 4
is slower than Athlon." An Athlon XP 3000+ will beat a 1.4ghz P4 any day.

Finally, a Pentium 4 and an Athlon of around the same class will have
around the same performance. A modern Pentium 4 will also beat a Pentium
3 any day of the week.

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Tommy C. Li | RealityMage
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