Author: Slater Wold
Date: 15:56:00 05/06/02
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On May 06, 2002 at 17:29:01, Jeremiah Penery wrote: >On May 06, 2002 at 17:15:45, Slater Wold wrote: > >>On May 06, 2002 at 16:25:23, K. Burcham wrote: >> >>> >>>I know there are several here that are waiting for the next >>>AMD release of the 0.13-micron processor. We have all been wondering >>>what this will overclock to. I also want to upgrade my single cpu pc. >>> >>>I found this benchtest dissappointing. This processor he used crashed at 2100 >>>mhz. was stable at 2050 mhz. but this was with the vapochill unit. not sure how >>>far it would overclock with air cooling. >>> >>>If we say the 1733 mhz amd is faster then the P4 2.4 gig running our chess >>>software, then maybe a 2 gig amd thoroughbred will be comparable to a 3 gig >>>P4 running our chess software, not sure, but looking forward to testing >>>this .13-micron. >>> >>> http://www.overclockers.com.au/techstuff/a_amd_tbred/index.shtml >>> >>>kburcham >> >>A P4 2.2Ghz is faster by about 10% than an AMD 1.53Ghz CPU. > >On some applications, maybe most. But not on all applications. > >>WHICH MEANS: >> >>A P4 2.4Ghz is faster by about 10% than an AMD 1.73Ghz CPU. > >Clock speed doesn't scale linearly. You have to compare actual results to >determine that kind of number, you can't extrapolate from lower speed grades. Did you bother to read below? Did anyone? I tested a 2.4Ghz this weekend, THIS IS FACT. Period. >>And remember, Intel announced the P4 2.53Ghz today. >> >>I had the oppurtunity to "play" on a P4 2.4Ghz machine this weekend, and I am >>sorry to report, Pentium is winning. People just haven't realized it yet. >> >>These new Pentiums are NICE. For general "productivty" such as internet, > >How do you define "internet" in terms of productivity? Internet Explorer? It >uses approximately 0% of my CPU time. No way any processor can make this go >faster. I suggest you use perfmon and see how much it really uses. Especially sites that are made from Flash. >> music, > >Ditto for music. Winamp playing here uses 2% or less of my CPU. Some other >processor can't make it go faster. Encoding. 10 minute song on AMD XP2100+ == 10 minutes. 10 minute song on P4 2.53Ghz == 2 minutes. >>videos, these P4 are a LOT faster than my XP2100+. > >Again, the same. Playing any kind of video here takes at most 15% of the CPU >time. A faster processor won't make this any more "productive". Do me a favor, print something while watching a video. >>And yes, the 2.4Ghz benches Crafty bout 8% faster than my 1.73Ghz. > >See my other post about this.
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