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Intel "Northwood" vs. Athlon XP 2000+

Posted by timothy on from the alright-you-two-cut-that-out dept.

Augustus writes: "LinuxHardware.org has just published their results in the Pentium 4 verses Athlon XP war. In this review, the new Pentium 4 'Northwood' 2.2GHz is pitted against the Athlon XP 2000+. To level the playing field, both platforms use DDR memory which make for some interesting results."

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  1. In an effort to remain accurate... by Restil · · Score: 4, Funny

    I would check the website so I know what I'm talking about when I comment. But since I can't access the site due to the (I assume) brutal slashdotting, I feel almost compelled to comment without any supporting information to base my wildly inaccurate opinions on. If at least the article summary had summarized (probably incorrectly) the article content beyond saying it was "interesting" then at least we could get the debate rolling, at least until the page became accessible again. At which time, everyone else would join the fray complaining that nobody reads the articles.

    -Restil

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  2. New Intel Processor by Mignon · · Score: 5, Funny
    In other news, Intel released their Pentium "Morningwood" processor which is optimized for displaying porn.

    Just killing time while my program compiles and the site becomes available again.

  3. Re:Level playing field? by L-Wave · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe both machines should use EDO RAM? =)

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  4. verses?? by cswiii · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...the Pentium 4 verses Athlon XP war...

    'Pentium 4 verses'? Are they anything like Spam Poetry?

    It's 'versus', Mr. Editor Sir.

  5. Re:Why DDR on P4? by mgblst · · Score: 2, Funny

    Because nobody with an ethical bone in their body
    would buy RAMBUS.

    Or go see a movie.

    Or buy a new cd.

    becareful, you might be labelled a commie...

  6. Re:question by glwtta · · Score: 3, Funny
    I would love to believe that the long pipeline was an engineering decision, but for some reason I can't shake off the feeling that it's just:

    Long Pipeline == High Clock == Layman Buy!

    And hey, it worked.

    (sure call it flamebait if it so seems to you, it is nonetheless what I think; not that I am original in any way about it)

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