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Pentium 4 2.8GHz

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the need-for-speed dept.

DigitaBiscuit writes "The new 2.8GHz Pentium 4 has been officially launched by Intel today. Sporting a 533MHz System Bus, this new P4 looks to put the hurt on AMD's new Athlon XP 2600+. Benchmarks and a full review with performance versus AMD's new chip, can be found here." The NDAs must be expiring today, since we already have another review submitted as well.

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  1. FSB speed matters! by pesc · · Score: 5, Informative

    You know, system speed is not all about what frequency your CPU is clocked at. The memory system (FSB speed, cache size) matters too!

    This is, IMHO, what all these benchmarks show. It is no surprise that a Pentium FSB running at 533 MHz can beat an Athlon with a FSB at 266 MHz. I'm actually more impressed that the Athlon managed to beat the Pentium on some benchmarks.

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