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Kevin · 04-24-2002, 04:46 PM

When the Athlon XP 1600+ made its debut, its XP rating was 200 mhz faster than its actual mhz rating. However, every 66 mhz speed jump these CPUs make, AMD boosts the PR rating 100. The Athlon XP+ 2200 will run at 1.8 ghz. That is a 400 mhz speed difference. In my opinion, this is getting way out of hand. I would rather see AMD extend the pipeline of the CPU like Intel did so they could have a CPU that performs less per mhz, but scales well to higher speeds. Oh well... just a rant.
-Kev

04-24-2002, 04:46 PM	#1
Kevin Slacking more than your weird uncle Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: San Diego, CA (UCSD) / Los Angeles, CA (home) Posts: 1,605	Athlon XP's naming scheme is getting out of hand. When the Athlon XP 1600+ made its debut, its XP rating was 200 mhz faster than its actual mhz rating. However, every 66 mhz speed jump these CPUs make, AMD boosts the PR rating 100. The Athlon XP+ 2200 will run at 1.8 ghz. That is a 400 mhz speed difference. In my opinion, this is getting way out of hand. I would rather see AMD extend the pipeline of the CPU like Intel did so they could have a CPU that performs less per mhz, but scales well to higher speeds. Oh well... just a rant. -Kev __________________ I used to throw hot coffee all over the ass of the horse there, then whip him while he was kickin' at me. Those f***in things are crazy.