G'day Unregistered (my, my you do post alot! <grin>)
I agree with your post ALMOST completely...but I have just one nit to pick...
"supports SSE2 (thus removing what is a major advantage for P4 in programs that support it)"
SSE2 will help the P4 much more than it will the Hammer or Athlon series. It was designed to make up for P4's rather weak FPU, so we should see a much larger gain in the P4 improvements than in the AMD improvements. That said, please note that WITHOUT SSE2, the P4 would struggle to even keep up with Athlon...even with it, I suspect Clawhammer will be leaps and bounds ahead of the (expected) 3.0 GHz Northwood due out early next year, even at 533 MHz...
JMHO
Cheers,
Charles
I agree with your post ALMOST completely...but I have just one nit to pick...
"supports SSE2 (thus removing what is a major advantage for P4 in programs that support it)"
SSE2 will help the P4 much more than it will the Hammer or Athlon series. It was designed to make up for P4's rather weak FPU, so we should see a much larger gain in the P4 improvements than in the AMD improvements. That said, please note that WITHOUT SSE2, the P4 would struggle to even keep up with Athlon...even with it, I suspect Clawhammer will be leaps and bounds ahead of the (expected) 3.0 GHz Northwood due out early next year, even at 533 MHz...
JMHO
Cheers,
Charles
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