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Re: Tom cries foul

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From: Dave Oddie
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 00:00
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On 15 Feb 98 22:47:47 GMT, maruku@busprod.com (Marc J. Brown) wrote:

>Remember, he had real-world benchmarks (you know.. using the actual
>applications one is bound to use with 3d hardware?) to support his
>claims. 

Toruk and quake.  Oh good. Really relefent real world benchmarks if you don't
play the games.

> Of course, the Intel chip _is_ good for one thing: You can
>spend hours drooling over your kick-ass 3D Winbench 98 score.

Could say the same thing about voodoo and timedemo or whatever the quake
benchmark feature is.

Dave
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Subject: Re: Tom cries foul
Date: 1998/02/16
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