Author: Charles Worthington
Date: 17:59:19 02/19/03
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On February 19, 2003 at 20:58:20, Charles Worthington wrote: >Yes Matt many people here do exagerate their figures. If the Intel guy says >Intel will produce a 20 GHz cpu next week then the AMD guy will tell you that he >can still clock his 2600 to 20.1GHz....and vice versa. The truth is that they >are both good processors. Is the AMD on par with the Xeon in quality or speed? >No, it isn't. The 2.8 Xeon was tested alongside the AMD 2400MP and clearly >out-scored it. The tests were performed by an independant company who had no >reason to lie. Yes as far as speed goes they can both be clocked up. But people >should try to bear in mind that the AMD and the Xeon are very different products >designed for very different markets. The Zeon is primarily designed for >workstation and server platforms where both speed ans stability are required. >They are high end processors and are priced accordingly. The Athlon is designed >more for use in PC's both single cpu (xp) and dual (Mp). It is a fast processor >for the buck but was not designed to be overclocked to try to match a Xeon. If a >2 GHz cpu was stable at 3 GHz then, trust me, AMD would market it as a 3 GHz. >The bottom line is simple: If you want performance and stability and you can >afford to pay for it buy the Xeon. If you want performance but are on a limited >budget buy the AMD. But_don't_ go out and buy a Yugo and then come back here and >tell me that you are building it to catch the neighbors Ferrari. If the >neighbors Ferrari bothers you that much then buy one too. If you can't afford >one then be happy with the yugo. It will still get you where you are going. > To me trying to compare Intel and AMD is like comparing apples and oranges. >You are comparing a low end home and light business processor against a high end >heavy duty cpu designed specifically for Workstation and server platforms. That >is like comparing a Yugo to a Ferrari.
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