Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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Is this Fact or FUD ?

Tom's Hardware Guide, 09/23/2003

<http://www20.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030923/index.html>

· "The P4 3.2 EE wins 32 times, the Athlon 64 FX-51 15 times - an uncertain 64-bit future for AMD"

· "Thanks to its ideal configuration and use of the best components, the P4 3.2 in the Extreme Edition (actually a Xeon labeled 'P4') wins the performance crown."

· "Game producers in general are also hesitant: although according to AMD, producers like Epic, Valve, Crytek, and SCI offer games based on 64-bit code. Companies such as ID Software, who are responsible for titles like Quake3 and Unreal Tournament 2003, are not ready to jump onto the 64-bit bandwagon."

· "A few hours before posting this article the Athlon 64 was ahead of the Pentium 4 Standard Edition. But with the P4 Extreme Intel managed to considerably spoil AMD's launch. Now the latest Intel CPU wins in most of the benchmark tests."

· "The P4 EE was a contemptuous slap in the face against AMD. Intel said, 'We can play in your sandbox if we want to, and we aren't even trying.'"