| [News] 1GHz Athlon released | ANN.lu |
| Posted on 09-Mar-2000 21:57 GMT by Christian Kemp | 32 comments
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Sauro quotes BoingWorld: According to the AMD website the Athlon 1GHz chip has been released, and the first boxes that will be available will come from Compaq & Gateway. You can read a review of the new Athlon chip here. See AMD's web site too.
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| Comment 1 | Splatt | | 09-Mar-2000 23:00 GMT |
| Comment 2 | Jakob Jancic | | 09-Mar-2000 23:00 GMT |
| Comment 3 | Sauro | | 09-Mar-2000 23:00 GMT |
| Comment 4 | Matthew | | 09-Mar-2000 23:00 GMT |
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| 1GHz Athlon released : Comment 5 of 32 | ANN.lu |
| Posted by Hattig on 09-Mar-2000 23:00 GMT | In reply to Comment 1 (Splatt):
Oh dear - another G4 zealot.
I think that the PPC, and G4 in particular, are very nice processors, but they are not the most powerful. In fact, the benefits of a 500MHz G4 over a 500MHz x86 are imperceptible - most apps don't use Altivec yet, but then again, most apps don't use 3DNow or the Intel thingy. Altivec is nice, it is well designed, and it is powerful though.
But when it comes to comparing a 1GHz Athlon (SpecFP95 of 30+) with a 500MHz G4 (SpecFP of 22ish) you might think "Ah! the G4 is better MHz for MHz", but think of the problems of getting the G4 any faster (IBM might have 650MHz chips, but Motorola are playing the spoilt brat) and also the problems associated with making the processor faster (cache, bus speed, etc), which all mean that performance is not linear with speed. |
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