AMD To Hide MHz Rating From Consumers

pezpunk writes: "Tom's Hardware is reporting here that AMD's next-generation Athlons will be identified by model number rather than Mhz rating. This means that an Athlon will be designated an "Athlon 1600" even though it's only a 1.4Ghz part. The true clock speed of the chip will NOT be shown either on the chip itself or even in the BIOS. Apparently, they're desperate to compete with higher-clocked Pentiums in the minds of consumers -- proof that even the underdog can pull dirty marketing tricks =("

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Go for it, AMD!

[supabeast!]

AMD should go for this all they way! After all, we all know how well trying to hide a chip's REAL speed rating worked for Cyrix! oh, wait....

My research

[Hard_Code]

I also did some scientific research. I wrote a similar program, and printed it out from both a 1 GHz Pentium III and a 500 Mhz G4. I then threw both copies of the printed program out a window. I was surprised to find that they landed at approximately the same time. This just goes to show that Intel is obviously counting its clocks TWICE instead of ONCE. I think this is backed up even further by the fact that the copy of the program printed out from the Pentium machine, fluttered as it fell a lot more than the G4 copy.

What's dirty about it?

[Moofie]

The clock speed DOESN'T have any direct bearing on the system's performance. What's dishonest about this? I mean, the Mustang 5.0 always had a 4.7 liter engine...what's the big deal?