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Article #858Re: P4 vs Athlon for Linux latexing, is gcc-2.95 responsible?
From: gaffo
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 00:33
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 00:33
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"David Kastrup" <David.Kastrup@t-online.de> wrote in message news:x5ofecf7vi.fsf@tupik.goethe.zz... > "Jack" <jack@norealaddy.net> writes: > > > "andrew" <andrew@killspam.gi0nwg.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message > > news:bJBrtJA$H4C9Ew$t@gi0nwg.freeserve.co.uk... > > : > > : I'm not trying to rub salt into your wounds, but anyone thinking of > > : buying a P4 should first read the article in the link below and then ask > > : themselves if they really want a P4. Let's just say that the article is > > : not very complimentary to the P4 or Intel. > > : > > : http://www.emulators.com/docs/pentium_1.htm > > > > That was a very interesting article...very eye opening. I learned a > > lot. So can we surmise that people who buy P4's (in lieu of > > Athon's, or even PIII's !) are either clueless dolts buying with > > the "huddled masses" mentality, or that Intel's marketing machine is > > really **that** good? > > Or that people buying a P4 have the attention span necessary for > reading the given web article through to the last installment which > says that recent versions of P4 beat the Athlons in performance, their > design problems notwithstanding. > > -- > David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum > Email: David.Kastrup@t-online.de Only due to FSB hike and 512-cache........the core remains ssssssssllllllllllllllooooooooooowwwww. IF the new athlons ever show the ability to overclock to around 2.2 ghz, the p-4 will again be second rate...................until then the p-4 is a little faster in general. Barton will probably (maybe) change this. -- An unjust king asked a devotee what kind of worship is best? He replied: 'For thee the best is to sleep one half of the day so as not to injure the people for a while.' I saw a tyrant sleeping half the day. I said: 'This confusion, if sleep removes it, so much the better; But he whose sleep is better than his wakefulness Is better dead than leading such a bad life.'
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