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Re: [ST] OT: geek Q - amd numbers



On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Andrew Tait wrote:

> It can't be done.  The AMD chips' _names_ are designed by AMD to 
> correspond to the appropriate clock speed of the P4, but the AMD uses all 
> sorts of optimisations to achieve this, and these change as it 
> progresses.  I believe I am correct in saying that the XP2800+ runs at a 
> slower clock speed than the XP2600+ (but I'm not checking, so could be 
> wrong)

Aha, I had some "misinformation" then that said there was some way to get
an equivalent number for comparison's sake...but as you and several others
have stated I now understand that the AMD model number is chosen to
represent a comparitive performance index to an Intel chip eh?  

> Just to keep the thread off topic:  Why?

Why the post here?  Cuz I knew we had some geeks on list that had more
geek mojo than I did that could explain the above to me! 

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