Jon Tydda
Jon.Tydda at alcontrol.co.uk
Tue Jun 8 10:51:52 CDT 2004
Is that the overall rating or just the processor rating? I have a rating of 140 on my home pc, but that's because I have 512mb RAM (more than the 384 of the benchmark) and I've given it 10 gb of space instead of the 5 on the benchmark. Jon -----Original Message----- From: JMoss [mailto:jmoss111 at bellsouth.net] Sent: 08 June 2004 16:48 To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Laptop Recommendation I've been using AMD processors for 13 years and never owned an Intel processor, but the United Devices cancer research program that runs on my AMD Athlon 2500 (1.8 ghz) speaks volumes to me about AMD vs Intel performance comparisons. The benchmark system for the UD program is a 1.5 GHz P4 and has a rating of 100. My AMD 1.8GHz machine consistently produces rating numbers in the 170 - 180 area. Most other volunteer participants report similar results. An interesting fact is that the UD Cancer research program is partially sponsored by Intel, which doesn't necessarily mean that their code is optimized for Intel processors, but I'd say that it's not likely optimized for AMD processors either. jm -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Francisco H Tapia Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 10:18 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Laptop Recommendation I'm looking towards the AMD64 laptops for my next pc/laptop. Athlon's for me have performed leaps and bounds over P4's. In fact, Ghz per Ghz, I have an AMD 2000 (1.6ghz) at home and a P4 1.6ghz at work, and can you guess wich runs faster? :) with the new batch of AMD64 they are putting dual cores so that's one other reason i'm holding off, that and the next gen in video connectivity (pciexpress) i'm sure they'll have something similar for laptops that or the adaption that ATI was working on for replacable video cards :o) Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software said the following on 6/8/2004 5:28 AM: > Tempting. I like it when they put 512MB RAM in a machine. Lots of 'deal' > only sport 128 then you have to figure the extra cost of RAM to make it a > real machine. How does the Athlon compare to the Pentium? > > Rocky The information in this e-mail is confidential and may also be legally privileged. The contents are intended for recipient only and are subject to the legal notice available on request from : webmaster at alcontrol.co.uk ALcontrol Laboratories is a trading division of ALcontrol UK Limited. Registered Office: Templeborough House, Mill Close, Rotherham, S60 1BZ. Registered in England and Wales No 4057291