Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[Petz]

My impression is that a 1.7GHz Banias will come very close in performance to a 1.8GHz Mobile Athlon 64.

Have you ever seen a Banias compared to an equally-clocked Athlon XP Barton? No, I haven't either. The only comparison I remember was between a 1.6 GHz TBred and a 1.7 GHz Banias; the TBred has hobbled with a horrible graphics solution. But I do know that a 2 GHz Athlon 64 runs circles around a 2.2 GHz Barton or an overclocked 2.4 GHz TBred.

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