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Article #2733Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
From: Robert Salasidis
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 22:30
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 22:30
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Nathanael J Henderson wrote: > > Ian S. Nelson (nelsoni@rintintin.Colorado.EDU) wrote: > > : Eratostophenes? I'll give up a few KB/sec on IDEA speed if it means that my > : compilers and editors will run 10% faster. > > Speaking of 10%, has everyone heard the news on Intel's Pentium > benchmarks? They recently admitted that the advertized speed ratings > where erroniously high, by "an estimated 10%." Intel of course insists > that it was all an inocent mistake, but I have to wonder: EVERYBODY and > his cat knew that the Intel Specs were, not to put too fine a point on > it, bullshit. Could Intel really be so stupid as to think their specs > were a reflection of reality in light of all the contradictory real-world > speed tests? "Never assume maliciousness when something is more easily > explained by gross incompetence" is generally a good maxim, but I have > little faith in the honesty of Intel (Can we say "FDIV" folks?) The Intel benchmark error was only for the SpecInt92 #s, the SpecInt95 and fp were accurate.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!news.mcgill.ca!news From: Robert Salasidis <salasidis@medcor.mcgill.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600 Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....??? Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 17:30:27 -0500 Organization: Salasoft Inc. Message-ID: <30F6E103.1D6A@medcor.mcgill.ca> References: <m.duran-1611950252110001@port19.codetel.net.do> <49gkhp$3ag@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <30c6ee29.1582369@news.metronet.com> <1995Dec18.145106.44180@ac.dal.ca> <jragosta-1812951544340001@ppp-1017.dca.net> <4bpgk6$jc1@vodka.intele.net> <4bvd1r$qn3@sloth.swcp.com> <karl-0801961004470001@fampm201.tu-graz.ac.at> <30F193AD.4733@medcor.mcgill.ca> <adtDKw1ry.DGG@netcom.com> <nelsoni.821198530@rintintin.Colorado.EDU> <4d632h$qjr@daily-planet.nodak.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: b-14.das.mcgill.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I)