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Subject: Re: Fritzmarks of Intel P-IV 2.2 Ghz Vs AMD XP 1900+ Comparison List !

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 17:06:04 01/21/02

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On January 21, 2002 at 16:34:11, Dan Andersson wrote:

>It's probably true. But mainly because the Athlon is nearing the end of it's
>life cycle. Whilst the P4 is just beginning its. When the 'Hammer' falls it will
>become a budget chip.
>
>MvH Dan Andersson


When AMD's "ClawHammer" is released, will it not be like Intel's Itanium
processor, in that it will be backwards compatible but mainly for 64-bit
apps? In other words it won't perform better than existing 32-bit processors
for 32-bit programmes, chess included unless they are bitboards?

Terry



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