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Even at 2GHz....
AMD is still able to hold it's own with Intel.
Found this at www.amdzone.com.
Joel 
Found this at www.amdzone.com.
Tech Report has posted up a review of the 2GHz P4. They compare it to the Athlon 1.4GHz on the Gigabyte 7DX. I wish those guys had a 8K7A of K7 Master around, because I think the Athlon marks could be improved with them. Anyway, the 2GHz P4 isn't the dominating performer *ntel wishes it was, and the Palomino should do a good job whipping it.
"We expect the Pentium 4 to keep its performance lead just as long as AMD wants it to. When the time comes, AMD will release a 1.5GHz Athlon based on the new Palomino core, which is even faster clock for clock, and recapture the performance lead. I wouldn't be surprised to see these chips accompanied by a "MHz isn't everything" consumer education marketing blitz from AMD. (Did I just use the terms "AMD" and "marketing blitz" in the same sentence? Check my temperature.)"
Anandtech has also posted up a review that is even more favorable to the Athlon thanks to them using a SiS 735 based board. Take that *ntel liars!
"At 2GHz the Pentium 4 is even more competitive with the Athlon than it has ever been before. If it weren’t for such a large price discrepancy between the two processors then the recommendation would be a tough one to make but for now the price to performance ratio of the Athlon continues to be superior to the Pentium 4. If price isn’t a concern, then it’s worth noting there are some situations in which the Pentium 4 2.0GHz is noticeably more than what AMD’s current flagship can offer. What you really must take away from this review is that the potential for the Pentium 4’s future is becoming more and more visible as the processor matures."
HardOCP also has posted up their review of the 2GHz P4.
"Gone are the days of judging something by the number printed on the retail package! We can see from the numbers that 1.4GHz = 2.0GHz to put it loosely. I think a good analogy for this might be one of horsepower. A V12 and a V8 engine, do the same thing, they deliver power, but they do it in different ways. You know as well as we do that simply the addition of four cylinders do not make a better or more powerful engine. Comparatively, the educated computer builder needs to realize that just because the GHz number is bigger, it does mean it is a faster system. Did that make sense? I hope you get our meaning here. We saw the Athlon4 at 1.4GHz keep steady pace with the 2GHz P4 CPU and it could easily be argued that the Athlon4 is every bit as fast as the P4 in respect to performance."
"We expect the Pentium 4 to keep its performance lead just as long as AMD wants it to. When the time comes, AMD will release a 1.5GHz Athlon based on the new Palomino core, which is even faster clock for clock, and recapture the performance lead. I wouldn't be surprised to see these chips accompanied by a "MHz isn't everything" consumer education marketing blitz from AMD. (Did I just use the terms "AMD" and "marketing blitz" in the same sentence? Check my temperature.)"
Anandtech has also posted up a review that is even more favorable to the Athlon thanks to them using a SiS 735 based board. Take that *ntel liars!
"At 2GHz the Pentium 4 is even more competitive with the Athlon than it has ever been before. If it weren’t for such a large price discrepancy between the two processors then the recommendation would be a tough one to make but for now the price to performance ratio of the Athlon continues to be superior to the Pentium 4. If price isn’t a concern, then it’s worth noting there are some situations in which the Pentium 4 2.0GHz is noticeably more than what AMD’s current flagship can offer. What you really must take away from this review is that the potential for the Pentium 4’s future is becoming more and more visible as the processor matures."
HardOCP also has posted up their review of the 2GHz P4.
"Gone are the days of judging something by the number printed on the retail package! We can see from the numbers that 1.4GHz = 2.0GHz to put it loosely. I think a good analogy for this might be one of horsepower. A V12 and a V8 engine, do the same thing, they deliver power, but they do it in different ways. You know as well as we do that simply the addition of four cylinders do not make a better or more powerful engine. Comparatively, the educated computer builder needs to realize that just because the GHz number is bigger, it does mean it is a faster system. Did that make sense? I hope you get our meaning here. We saw the Athlon4 at 1.4GHz keep steady pace with the 2GHz P4 CPU and it could easily be argued that the Athlon4 is every bit as fast as the P4 in respect to performance."
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I wonder if that is anything related to the BIG Intel add on Tom´s front page 
uhm ... looks like you missed the introduction of AMD's MP chipset ... 
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