Intel "Northwood" vs. Athlon XP 2000+

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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But Sir, DDR-SDRAM chips DO perform

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Uhhhhhh errrrrr Ummmm..... Benchmarks show otherwise. A SiS 645 chipset running PC2700 DDR-SDRAM will in most cases beat a P4 running PC800 RDRAM.

Not to trusting of Tom's Hardware? Have another set of benchmarks.

Stop spreading FUD about DDR chipsets and do a bit of research first. Any set of benchmarks I've seen has shown Intel's i850 w/ RDRAM and SiS 645 chipset in a dead heat - and most of the time SiS comes out on top.