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Subject: Re: Athlon, 1.2 GB, 1.3GB 1.33 GB, or something much better coming soon?

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 17:11:35 05/23/01

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On May 23, 2001 at 17:11:22, Ed Panek wrote:

>On May 23, 2001 at 16:08:43, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>On May 23, 2001 at 15:20:35, John Dahlem wrote:
>>
>>>When I look at computers to purchase, I always have seen either 1.3 or 1.33
>>>listed to buy, never both.  This leads me to think they are in fact the same
>>>chip, with 1.33 being the more exact clock speed
>>
>>The 1.3Ghz has a 13 multiplier times 100 Mhz bus speed.
>>The 1.33Ghz has a 10 multiplier times 133 Mhz bus speed.
>>
>>The 1.33 is faster, not really becaus of the 0.03 mhz CPU
>>speed advantage, but because of the 33Mhz faster bus.
>>
>>--
>>GCP
>
>
>This is actually doubled on the FSB to 266 MHZ :)
What is FSB? I'm a bit ignorant.
And will the Palomino be enormously better? Is it for desk-top? and will it be
superior to Intel on all fronts, absolutely? And will the price be reasonable?
S.Taylor



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