[mythtv-users] AMD or Intel?

Scott Alfter mythtv at salfter.dyndns.org
Sat Jan 15 22:39:17 EST 2005


On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 12:07:39PM -0500, John Johnson top-posted (grr):
> When comparing, don't be biased by AMD's (deceptive, IMO) "model 
> numbers". I.e. if you compare a 2.2GHz intel and a 2200+ AMD, you will 
> be disappointed with the performance, since the AMD 2200+ is a 1.5GHz 
> processor.

...and that is significant how, exactly?  The microarchitecture of the
Athlon XP is significantly different from that of the Pentium 4, so
clockspeed comparisons are useless.  Hell, you could say the same thing when
comparing the Pentium 4 and Pentium M, which is probably why Intel is moving
away from selling its processors on their clockspeed.  Most people are smart
enough to not do that, and they're finally catching on.  (Then again, most
people are also smart enough to not top-post. :-P )

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