Finally, THE definitive P4 review...

[OuTpaTienT]

Intel's Pentium 4 - Can it Change the Tide? (http://www.aceshardware.com/Spades/read.php?article_id=15000196)
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This review is nothing short outstanding. Includes all these benchmark and topics. And pitted head-to-head against an Athlon 1.2Ghz /DDRram at 266mhz.
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Overview of the Review


1.Introduction
2.Design Philosophy
Memory Hierarchy
3.Floating-Point Performance
Linpack Memory Bandwidth
Integer Performance
4.Look and Feel
5.Gaming Benchmarks: Benchmarked Configurations
6.OpenGL 3D Shooters
Quake III Arena
MDK2
7.Direct X Gaming Benchmarks
Expendable
Crusaders of Might and Magic
Mercedes Benz Truck Racing
8.Role Playing and Adventure Games
Drakan
Vampire: Masquerade
RealMyst
Falcon 4
3DMark 2000
9.Audio and Video Encoding
GoGo MP3 Encoder
MPEG-2 Encoding
10.Workstation Applications
ZD High-End WinStone 99
11.Photoshop
SoundForge
12.Rendering and Wire-Frame Manipulation
Truespace 4.2
13.Conclusion
Ray Tracing (Povray)
SPEC ViewPerf
SuperPi
Conclusion



[This message has been edited by OuTpaTienT (edited 11-22-2000).]

[Donkey]

pretty interesting reading!
sounds like intel are just hoping people will recompile all there code to get the added advantage of a faster CPU.
Just hae to wait and see, but it was pretty good news for the athlons
Rod

[voogru]

wow!

but im still getting a AMD ATHLON http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

Hey On techtv news yesterday I heard that Intel Recalled the P4's because they had the wrong instruction sets.

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-voogru
Intel going down!

[TechJumper]

I agree with voogru, and I'm also going to hold out for the IBM On-Insulator technology (I know its five years away but what the heck http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif)

Mike

[otheos]

...did you see that second review at www.tomshardware.com (http://www.tomshardware.com)

He's a bit subjective I think, but once you spot that you can see the weaknesses of the CPU and add the missing objectivnes.

[JayMan]

AMD all the way baby! yeah! death to intel hehe, somethings is definately not right when a 1.5ghz processor is beaten by a 1.2ghz processor in most tests done.

JayMan