Intel Claws Harder

AMD will alway be inferior for one reason: they are piggybacking on everything Intel has done. Technology, patents, specifications (e.g. ATX). They've been marginally successful because they copy and tweak...which is pretty pathetic when you think about it.

"Everyone" already knows that a P4 1.5GHz runs about as fast as a P3 1GHz. They also know they'd be paying a premium for so-so performance, which is compounded by RDRAM. This will hopefully be made more clear on monday when benchmarks are "officially" allowed to be published.

But, thanks to Intel's and OEM's masterful marketing, the P4 will achieve it's goal by being perceived as "faster!" by 8 out 10 suckers; and that's all that count$.

(I want my 760MP)

Personally i think brand loyalty is dumb. Right now, I have an Athlon, and i love it to death. Before my athlon, i had a Celeron, and at that time it owned and i thought that amd's products totatlly sucked ass (which at the time was the k6, and imo, it did). AMD came out w/ the athlon, i saw what it could do, so i ditched intel in favor of AMD. Now, the P4 is coming out, and while my experience w/ my athlon has been great, im not goint to let that stop me from getting a P4 if it indeed turns out to be a better product. As things stand right now, im a little partial to AMD due to my satisfaction of my current chip, but if they cant put out a competitive product the next time i upgrade, i'll make no hesitation in dropping them for intel. mind you this does work both ways as well (hence my current chip is an AMD product) This applies to the whole 3dfx/nvidia situation too -- now im quite partial to nvidia, and right now w/ out any question nvidia is tops, but if 3dfx were to put out a better product, i wouldnt think twice about switching over.

Dear Mr. Gibson,

Please wait until the DDR Dual Socket A motherboards come out.

Thanks,
Matt

...And this my friends, is why competition is A Good ThingTM

may the tech/price wars begin! >:)

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Wonder if the duron 600 will fall lower than the $44 pricetag it has now soon... bwahaha

/me hugs my 1ghz tbird - 2 and a half months old and its still fast

hmm, i can get a celeron II 766 or a thunderbird 900 for 20 bucks cheaper...what a choice. a faster product for cheaper, what more would you need? i don't think intel has realized they no longer have a monopoly

Well, good to see some competition coming again, as recently it has been pretty obvious who's on top.

The Transmeta chip would be good for...













me to Poop on.

Anybody read Everday Use by Alice Walker?

Blah. Until they come out with the Celeron III or whatever it'll be called, the P4 will be yet another waste-of-money I won't buy. A few years ago I bought a Celeron 300a for about $100 that (at 450) performed every bit as good as a $400+ PII. Just recently I bought a Duron 600 for $50 that matches (at 900) $200+ Athlons and $300+ P3's. It's nice to see the dollar gap closing, but I think there's room for one more generation with a serious performance vs. value marketing differential, which will allow me to get loads of speed for pennies on the dollar.

I think I'd get a dual board (760MP) and a single Athlon 1ghz with 266mhz DDR RAM before I got a P4. Upgrade to dual 1ghz when it is necessary. It sure as hell isn't now unless you're a SETI@Home or Photoshop freak.

All SHALL BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP THE POWER OF ROOFUS

I vote Goofy Fag out of the HOUSE!

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Since my next system will be dual-cpu based, I plan to wait and see how the Athlon/Duron dual-cpu with DDR vs. dual P4 w/DDR shapes up. Rambus isn't getting in my next comp.

Steve,

You missed a comma in the first sentence:

The Pentium4 is going to be launched next Monday, and contrary to popular Intel methods , is going to be actually available in very large volumes.

=)

"Intel Claws Harder"

Nice title. All witty and stuff.

Sort of like when I "Masterbate Harder"

Btw, where the hell is this source getting that price qoute for the Athlon 1.2's. They are already on Pricewatch for $488. I suspect that will fall sharply when the P4's hit the street.

SWEET! Let the holiday price wars begin!!!
AMD or Intel fan, it just won't matter when these hit the streets! Prices are SURE to drop on the "anything less than 1ghz" chips!

Weeeeeeeeeeeee.....new toys for X-mas!