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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. fp fockers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yeah that's right
    this really stinks
    so what are you up to today, beyotches?
    not a lot, i imagine

  2. I have one, and.. by Evanrude · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I am running Linux on Dual Athlon XPs. Does that make it Linux XP?

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  3. /.'ed already by ZaMoose · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Perhaps they should have used the test machines to host their website...

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    1. Re:/.'ed already by Tower · · Score: 2, Offtopic

      The last /.ing of LinuxHardware was due to provider bandwidth rather than server constraint. I'm guessing this is the same issue.

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    2. Re:/.'ed already by marcop · · Score: 2, Offtopic

      Well, maybe they ditched all the load balancing and extra hardware and placed only these machines as the webserver. It's a new benchmark: how long does a system last a nice /.'ing?

    3. Re:/.'ed already by Tower · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      >Why would it be tough to be bilingual when you get hit in the head btw? :)

      The quote was from Harold Reynolds during the Little League World Series (the second to last round, I believe)... a bilingual 12 year old got hit in the head with a pitch, and apparently started talking to his coach in the wrong language... It struck me funny...

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  4. Re:AMD is an Al Qaeda front organisation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is actually good satire.

  5. Re:Need better testing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They cannot compare the AMD XP to the Intel Northwood. Its high end vs low end Cpu's. They need to test the AMD MP vs the Intel Northwood and even test it in dual mode.

  6. Re:It's been 1 minute since you last successfully. by TrollBridge · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah that fucking sucks! Killed my FP yesterday!

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  7. AThlon XP? by GdoL · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Athlon XP? Xp from Windows XP - the 1st chip sponsored by Microsoft!!! Brilhant!!!
    Intel should be changing is chip's name to Redmond.

    :-))

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  8. Re:Slashdotted... Why no /. mirror? by renehollan · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    He he.

    Mine involved encoding it in white space between words and having the words describe the encoding.

    Oh! No! Gotta ban spaces now!!

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  9. New link by kick_in_the_eye · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Page3.com. Well, its not about the processors, but it is about a pair of things.

  10. The /. motto by neoevans · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Here comes the "offtopic" moderation...

    I tried to access the site but could not. The /. effect can now be classified as a DoS attack.

    From the posts below I have extrapolated that /. is Anti-Microsoft, Anti-Intel, Anti-any-sort-of-establishment.

    I mean, the points are valid. But doesn't anyone care that Intel has proved their chips are far more reliable under heat-emergencies than the AMD CPUs?

    Yes, the Palomino has improved on this but it's like buying a car. Sure a Porshe Boxster is fast, and costs a fraction of the 911. But which car is a proven vehicle?

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  11. Re:In an effort to remain accurate... by Cardhore · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    I agree. Google can cache its sites. Why can't slashdot?

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  12. Re:In an effort to remain accurate... by Lyrrad · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I agree. Google can cache its sites. Why can't slashdot?

    How did this get modded up?

    See the FAQ for the answer: Here