well the whole point of the original post was to share the good news about the current P4 getting faster with more and more software being optimized/written for it, this is in stark contrast to the bleak outlook that many amd zealots were forecasting on a daily basis.
if in the optimizations are also helping(even if it's assumed)then good for you too!, wouldn't you think?
I know the dumber portion of you folks read it as: <b>P4 faster than Athlon</b> LOL!!!, to those ppl--please do me a favor! get your freak'n heads out of your asses already!--
I mean this in a very polite way. :-O
"AMD/VIA...you <i>still</i> are the weakest link, good bye!"