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Subject: Re: Amd Thoroughbred benchtest ( Ed Panek )

Author: Ed Panek

Date: 04:50:23 05/09/02

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On May 07, 2002 at 20:40:20, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On May 06, 2002 at 20:19:42, Ed Panek wrote:
>
>>On May 06, 2002 at 19:39:17, Slater Wold wrote:
>>
>>>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.
>>
>>
>>
>>   Given that the 200 probably has about 16 MBram or so and the P4 has probably
>>well over 200, it will make a difference. IS the webpage very detailed with
>>pictures? Even so, I cant believe that a modern computer say a PIII 900 MHZ with
>>256 MBRAM and a P4 2.53 with 256 MBRAM would broswe that much differently on
>>most webpages.
>>
>>
>>Ed
>
>
>Ed I'm waiting to play you at Chess.net. Simply make the offer G\30 Minutes and
>I will accept it. My Handle is Pichy.
>
>Pichard.


Pichard....Tonight at 8 pm EST?

Ed



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