Author: Aaron Gordon
Date: 13:13:15 12/30/01
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AthlonXP 2000+ is also out.. and even the 1900+ is still faster than the 2.2 P4 (even with 512K L2). On December 30, 2001 at 16:10:10, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On December 30, 2001 at 15:28:29, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > >>On December 30, 2001 at 12:35:29, Brian Katz wrote: >> >>For diep benchmarks see aceshardware.com >> >>K7 is blowing away the P4 (with rdram). >> >>Rdram has big bandwidthbut that is nothing compared to its >>huge latency. >> >>nevertheless right now RAM says less than cpu speed. the P4 has >>huge penalties for branch mispredictions. like 50% more at least than >>the K7. That's what makes the real difference, together with the >>biggest factor: CACHE SIZE. >> >>P4 can have like 8000 instructions in cache. >> >>K7 has 128KB L1 cache. >> >>that's huge difference, even when instructions are long and complex! > >http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,77564,00.asp > >>> I have recently asked many questions regarding Pent 4 2.0 Gig vs the Athlon >>>1900+, and have received many replies. Thank you. It is greatly appreciated! >>> The general consensus is that the Athlon 1900+ outperforms the Pentium 4 2.0 >>>Gig by far when run with most chess programs. >>> I was just speaking to a technician at a local PC store about this issue. >>>His view is that all the tests between the Athlons and the Pentium, where the >>>Athlons were scoring better, were with the Peniums using only SDRAM instead of >>>models using the faster RDRAM. He insisted that the bottleneck caused by using >>>the SDRAM was one of the reasons. He also stated that with RDRAM where you can >>>have BUS Speeds of 400-600 ( Athlon only 266) should allow the Pentium 4 to blow >>>the Athlon away. >>> He did go on to say that the Pentium will have a 3.5 GIG processor in about a >>>years time. (Yes he said 3.5 GIG) >>>He also went on to say that the Athlon Motherboards were a bit unsteady and >>>caused some problems. >>> I just happened to ask about getting the new Athlon 2000+ when it is >>>available, and would it be possible to upgrade to a DUAL 2000+ Processor? That >>>is when he said the Athlon Motherboards are unsteady when purchasing the >>>moterboards. However, the Manufacturer made computers with Athlons seemed to be >>>fine. >>> >>> I am ready to go out and Purchase an Athlon 2000+ as soon as they become >>>available, perphaps they already are. >>> If anyone can shed some light on any of the issues, it would greatly >>>appreciated. >>> >>>Thank you and Happy New Year to everyone!!
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