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to: Hamish Moffatt
from: grant beattie
date: 1995-09-13 06:47:12
subject: powergrade specials

HM>>> Name any two Intel CPUs that outperform their AMD equivalent,
 HM>>> where available (ie Pentium does not count).

 >> The Intel 386DX-33 outperforms the AMD DX-40,

 HM> Nonsense. Norton SYSINFO 7 uses the 386DX-33 as a comparison and I
 HM> assure you that both of my DX40 machines do run faster.

I can assure you that Norton Sysinfo is hardly the best program to compare
CPU's. My 386DX-33 was about 30% faster than the 386DX-33 listed on screen!

 >> and the IntelDX4-100 outperforms the AMD version by far.

 HM> Slightly perhaps, and only due to 16k internal cache, rather than
 HM> being better optimised.

I said "by far" - not slightly.

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