Ok, I consider myself atleast somewhat versed in computer knowledge. But I read this in another forum and couldn't quite find myself agreeing with what this guy wrote. Is he right, or is he full of it? I have never heard anyone say this before.
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"Both Intel and AMD have split the data pipelines in their new chips. Doing this has certain disadvantages. A dual pipeline 2ghz chip runs about as fast as a 1.67ghz with a single pipeline.
AMD has been so gracious and called their chip a 1.67ghz for the layman, but in fact it clocks in at 2ghz. In other words, there is no difference, except how they are named.
Duh, that must be why they call it an Athlon XP 2000+ !?
The clock difference between them is 220mhz, or in single pipeline terms 166mhz."
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The 1.67GHz Athlon is really clocked at 2.0GHz?!
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"Both Intel and AMD have split the data pipelines in their new chips. Doing this has certain disadvantages. A dual pipeline 2ghz chip runs about as fast as a 1.67ghz with a single pipeline.
AMD has been so gracious and called their chip a 1.67ghz for the layman, but in fact it clocks in at 2ghz. In other words, there is no difference, except how they are named.
Duh, that must be why they call it an Athlon XP 2000+ !?
The clock difference between them is 220mhz, or in single pipeline terms 166mhz."
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The 1.67GHz Athlon is really clocked at 2.0GHz?!
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