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P4@1.5 GHz same speed as a PII@1GHz!!!
ZDNet UK has an editorial stating that the Pentium 4 1.5GHz will only be as fast as a 1GHz P3. Wow, where do they find this great information? 
All around, the article is all right, but for some reason he at first states that he won't be buying a P4, then in the conclusion he says he'll buy it just to play UT. Perhaps the writer could save a few grand and get a faster DDR SDRAM Athlon computer? Anyway here's a bit:
The question you have to as yourself is: "Who didn't know about Intel's Little Willy problem?" Who was it who had to be kept in the dark?
It certainly wasn't Intel's rivals. I've been talking to them; they not only know that it's slow, but they know how slow. And they know why it's slow, too.
The people who didn't know, sadly, are the suckers. Not you and me, hopefully; but the people who are in Intel's pocket. That's the PC makers. I've been talking to them, asking them about why they are launching a machine which is vastly more expensive than a Pentium III, but not noticeably faster. "But it's 1.5 GHz!" they exclaimed. "Obviously it's faster! they all said.
Exactly how it performs, you'll find out from a whole host of sources come Monday morning. I haven't been able to run any bench tests, but I've been able to speak to people who have, and the tests are commonly available enough that the news hasn't been entirely suppressed: and if you want it in simple terms, then it's going to be something like this:"The Pentium 4 at 1.5 GHz will run ordinary Windows at roughly the same speed as a Pentium 3 at 1 GHz."
(AMDzone article)
[This message has been edited by alessandro (edited 18 November 2000).]
All around, the article is all right, but for some reason he at first states that he won't be buying a P4, then in the conclusion he says he'll buy it just to play UT. Perhaps the writer could save a few grand and get a faster DDR SDRAM Athlon computer? Anyway here's a bit:The question you have to as yourself is: "Who didn't know about Intel's Little Willy problem?" Who was it who had to be kept in the dark?
It certainly wasn't Intel's rivals. I've been talking to them; they not only know that it's slow, but they know how slow. And they know why it's slow, too.
The people who didn't know, sadly, are the suckers. Not you and me, hopefully; but the people who are in Intel's pocket. That's the PC makers. I've been talking to them, asking them about why they are launching a machine which is vastly more expensive than a Pentium III, but not noticeably faster. "But it's 1.5 GHz!" they exclaimed. "Obviously it's faster! they all said.
Exactly how it performs, you'll find out from a whole host of sources come Monday morning. I haven't been able to run any bench tests, but I've been able to speak to people who have, and the tests are commonly available enough that the news hasn't been entirely suppressed: and if you want it in simple terms, then it's going to be something like this:"The Pentium 4 at 1.5 GHz will run ordinary Windows at roughly the same speed as a Pentium 3 at 1 GHz."
(AMDzone article)
[This message has been edited by alessandro (edited 18 November 2000).]
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