Author: Aaron Gordon
Date: 19:39:03 12/01/02
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On December 01, 2002 at 22:21:30, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On December 01, 2002 at 13:16:51, Aaron Gordon wrote: > >>Forgot to mention, the 80531 numbers on the CPU are for the OLD northwoods (ie. >>the 2.0GHz chip I mentioned). Any sort of P4-3.3-3.6 should have 80532 or 3. >>Earlier in one of his other reviews an IDENTICAL chip with identical markings >>(except for PC3.3) was shown, and this was the 2GHz (older 80531) P4. >> >>Anyway, here is the article in question: >>http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/02q3/020909/index.html >>Right there on the front page you can see the faked CPU pic. > >Often the "pic" is not important. Folks want a picture, they get a >picture. What does a picture of a microprocessor really tell you? >I see this in all sorts of electronic ads and it doesn't cause me any >alarm, and it certainly doesn't convince me that they are testing the >wrong processor. It convinces me that they simply posted the wrong picture >either intentionally due to availability, or unintentionally due to error... > > > >> >>ftp://speedycpu.dyndns.org/pub/misc/p4-fake1.jpg - Fake pic >>ftp://speedycpu.dyndns.org/pub/misc/p4-fake2.jpg - Pic showing identical pixels >>for both 3's with a black square around it. >>ftp://speedycpu.dyndns.org/pub/misc/p4-fake3.jpg Wider view so you can see the >>black square better (where it was actually cut&pasted) >> >>Again, if anyone thinks Tomshardware is the only one bought & paid for by Intel >>*OR* the only one faking reviews you are sadly mistaken. Hyatt, it's not just the pictures. Tomshardware has faked benchmark results. His results are definitely NOT to be trusted. Also regarding your last post about the picture. If a hardware page can't even get the picture right what makes you think they have the intelligence to do proper tests? Makes you wonder. ;)
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