Toms Review: P4 3000 vs. XP 2300+

[majewski9]

Ummm I thought the Athlon XP 2300+ would use the thoruoghbred core! When is P4 going to be at3ghz anyways? Im an sure an Athlon @1900mhz cpu will be out before a 3ghz Pentium 4.

 

[christoph83]

The Thouroughbred core is no different than the XP versions out now except it will be .13 vs the current .18

 

[formulav8]

Yeps. I don't think they are even going to give it more cache. They may have tested it and didn't do much for the added cost.

 

[imgod2u]

Ok, first of all, when people mention the P4 at 3 GHz, it's because they know that 3 GHz will offer a significant increase in performance over a 2 GHz P4. The Athlon isn't even considered in that. Secondly, I haven't known anyone here that has touted the P4 being better than the Athlon simply because it is capable of higher MHz. In contrast, it is always people who are biased towards the Athlons who mention MHz and that "you have to compare the two at the same clockspeed". If MHz isn't suppose to matter (and actually, it does, it's just not all that matters) then why the hell do you care how much more MHz the P4 needs to perform the same as the Athlon? As AMD use to preach and all AMD fanboys preach all the time, MHz != performance. So why care that the P4 needs 533MHz more if MHz isn't significant? Sounds like you're taking the MHz myth only one-way.