Re: CCL:Xeon processors

[Jochen Kuepper <jochen (- at -) bacchus.pc1.uni-duesseldorf.de>]

 On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Michael D. Bartberger wrote:
 > Now, this only leaves me to wonder if anyone has been able to get
 > hold of one of an AMD Athlon-based system for some testing....
 > it would appear that AMD has at last surpassed Intel, at least for
 > now, in raw FPU performance.   Some computing magazines and web sites
 > have recieved test boxes and the results are surprising, to say
 > the least!
 The German magazine c't has published SPEC values from a comprehensive
 comparison of P-III/600, Athlon-600 and some Xeon-450 (?) based machines.
 Basically the result is, AMD wins every category (x86-only, of course :-),
 I can look up the numbers or fax you a copy of the article if you
 want. (Its German, numbers are understandable, though, I guess)
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