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Subject: Re: Athlon 1.4 vers intel P4 2.0

Author: CLiebert

Date: 03:58:58 09/04/01

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On September 03, 2001 at 19:54:46, Terry McCracken wrote:

>On September 03, 2001 at 17:50:50, Aaron Gordon wrote:
>
>>On September 03, 2001 at 16:54:29, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>
>>>On September 03, 2001 at 16:18:06, CLiebert wrote:
>>>
>>>>On September 03, 2001 at 13:05:47, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On September 03, 2001 at 06:44:03, CLiebert wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On September 02, 2001 at 18:32:35, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On September 02, 2001 at 13:36:02, CLiebert wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On September 02, 2001 at 10:07:33, Aaron Tay wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Sorry if this is a old question.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>But does the Athlon thunderbird 1.4 GHZ still out perform the P4 2.0 GHZ in for
>>>>>>>>>Chess programs?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I guess "yes" !
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Christian
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I have to say "no" this time!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The P-4 2.0Ghz is beating the Athlon 1.4Ghz on every benchmark, so I'd say
>>>>>>>it would speed up a chess programme as well.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Terry
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Did it??
>>>>>>
>>>>>>May be you should have a look at some drystones
>>>>>>which are much more important for chess than gameframes!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>A1500/147FSB. KT266A; 	4331 Drystones
>>>>>>A1400, KT266 		3965
>>>>>>P4-2.0, 		3788
>>>>>>
>>>>>>tom is testing very "intel friendly", if you would like
>>>>>>to read another test try this link:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>Is there an English Site/Version?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Also the "New" P-4 will be built using Intel's "New" 0.13 micron process
>>>>>running at speeds next year that'll exceed 2Ghz, I'd expect even higher
>>>>>than the 3.5Ghz demo.
>>>>>
>>>>>The "Northwood" core will be far more powerful the "Willimett" core. This is http://www.tecchannel.de/hardware/673/index.html
>>>the
>>>>>next step in the evolution of the P-4.
>>>>>
>>>>>As I said, time will tell.
>>>>>
>>>>>Terry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>That time will tell isn´t very surprising for me?! But are you living in the
>>>>future or today?
>>>>
>>>>Especially for your dreams I have the following news for you ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>AMD Hammer Model 3500+ Near?
>>>>By Zach Gusky
>>>>Date: August 31, 2001
>>>>
>>>>2.0 GHz AMD Hammer Chip Coming Soon?
>>>>
>>>>Industry sources, moles, and various others [ed: could that be us?] have rumored
>>>>the fact that AMD is MUCH closer to completion of its Hammer series of MPUs than
>>>>the chipmaker lets on.  The Hammer, AMD's next generation line of 64-bit
>>>>processors, is perhaps sampling already and could be ready to sell in Q1 of next
>>>>year.  AMD's public line on these chips is that they won't be ready until the
>>>>second half of next year.
>>>>
>>>>Some articles and reports suggest that a 2.0 GHz Sledgehammer will be equivalent
>>>>to three 1 GHz Athlons.  If this is so and if the Athlon was the basis for AMD’s
>>>>upcoming “Model” rating system, then we could infer that a 2.0 GHz
>>>>Sledgehammer’s "Model" rating would be 3000+.  But the Athlon is not the basis
>>>>for AMD’s upcoming “Model” nomenclature -- the Intel Pentium 4 is.
>>>>
>>>>I believe the whole reason for AMD's, at first glance, apparently ludicrous
>>>>return to a “PR”-type naming system is that, when compared to the P4, this 2 GHz
>>>>Hammer would carry around a 3500+ rating.  And this may be at a time when Intel
>>>>Pentium 4 line tops out at 2.2 GHz.  [ed: Could this be why Intel demoed the 3.5
>>>>GHz P4 at IDF last week?]
>>>>
>>>>The AMD Model rating system may not look healthy now when the scheme is being
>>>>applied to Palomino Athlons, but when consumers realize they are getting a 2.0
>>>>GHz chip that can perform roughly at equivalent levels with nonexistent 3.5 GHz
>>>>Intel Pentium 4s, they will indeed be surprised...
>>>
>>>Thanks I've read this already....taking it with a grain of salt.
>>>The P4 will be run at speeds of 10Ghz before they "top out"!:)
>>>I suspect AMD's 64/IA will be costly and like the Itanium, not optimized for
>>>32/IA, which means if the programmers don't make 64 bit ver. of their software
>>>I doubt the 64 bit chips will improve the performance of the current 32 bit
>>>programmes.
>>>
>>>This was discussed sometime back by Dr. Hyatt and others, in regards to Intel's
>>>Itanium Processor.
>>>
>>>Regardless, do you have an English Version of this site?
>>>
>>>http://www.tecchannel.de/hardware/673/index.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Terry
>>
>>
>>Actually the x86-64/Sledgehammer WILL be highly optimized for 64bit AND 32bit
>>stuff. Itanium is priced ridiculously and runs like garbage in 32bit
>>applications. I definately will grab the Sledgehammer as soon as possible. If
>>Intel continues to screw up they are going to be in some serious trouble. ;)
>
>So I've heard...but the Itanium although compatible with 32 bit programmes is
>mean't for the "Next Generation" processing, for servers and supercomputers.
>
>I doubt the chip is "Garbage" even in 32 bit apps.
>
>Intel and Hewlett Packard both worked together for years to design it, and
>it "Will" take the server industry by storm.
>
>If the AMD/64 bit chip is "Cheap" then I doubt it will be even half as complex;)
>
>Terry



Soory, I found no english version of the link above but I have another one for
you to watch some benchmarks...

http://www.zdnet.de/techexpert/artikel/tests/cpu/200108/p42g_06-wc.html


Christian



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