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Subject: Re: Amd Thoroughbred benchtest

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 16:39:17 05/06/02

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On May 06, 2002 at 19:28:10, Sean Mintz wrote:

>On May 06, 2002 at 18:59:47, Slater Wold wrote:
>
>>On May 06, 2002 at 17:21:19, Dan Andersson wrote:
>>
>>>While the P4 is faster at a whole slew of things. It cannot speed up your
>>>internet connection. Physical impossibility, for chrissake! That's Intel FUD.
>>>Just my 2 cents. ;)
>>
>>ACTUALLY.........
>>
>>I have a PP 200mhz sitting here.
>>
>>It takes the 200mhz 24 seconds to load www.microsoft.com.
>>
>>It take my 1.73Ghz 3 seconds to load www.microsoft.com.
>>
>>On the same connection, using the same OS.
>>
>>Go figure.
>>
>>>MvH Dan Andersson
>
>Well there's probably other factors affecting the slower computer. There is
>probably a slower hard drive which, for example,would slow down saving pictures
>(possibly significantly).

I don't believe going from a P4 1.5Ghz to a P4 2.53Ghz will speed up your
internet.  Not much anyway.

But a faster computer DOES speed up everything.



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