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Subject: Re: 1539mhz and AMD 1800xp are about the same speed.

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 18:06:01 10/30/02

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On October 30, 2002 at 09:42:03, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On October 30, 2002 at 05:39:50, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>1800 is 1533?
>>In that case what is the meaning of the 1800?
>
>Some kind of AMD measurement which is supposed to compare
>the performance of the XP and MP processors to the normal
>Athlons.
>
>An AMD Athlon XP 1800 is supposed to be as fast as a 'classic'
>Athlon at 1800Mhz, even though it only runs at 1533Mhz.
>
>--
>GCP

I don't thinks so.  My Athlon TB 1400 Mhz is only slightly slower (~10%) than
the XP 1800.  I think it's AMD's contention that their XP1800 is approximately
equal to the Intel P4 1800 even though their clock is only 1533.
Jim



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