[PLUG] Real-life hardware comparison.

Jeme A Brelin jeme at brelin.net
Fri Apr 16 23:32:02 UTC 2004


On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Elliott Mitchell wrote:
> In your case it sounds like you'd want a low-mid range Athlon. You can
> get higher-clocked P4s for the money, but the Athlons are far better
> performers (AMD's performance code numbers are /roughly/ accurate).

But will a single "low-mid range Athlon" outpace my dual PIIIs?

That's really the question.  Is there really significant increases in
real performance or is it just upgrading for upgrading's sake?

(We see this ALL THE TIME in the cycling world... splined bottom brackets,
threadless headsets, etc... not BETTER than what came before, but
different and "more advanced".  Looks good on paper, lots of benchmarks,
but real-world performance doesn't change a bit.)

J.
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