Friday, December 12, 2003 7:38:23 PM
Petz, Re: Show me where a 1.7 GHz Banias chip is shown to be faster than an XP-M 2500+ LV, a 1.25v chip? Note of the reviews ever compared them to anything faster than a 1700+.
How about a 1.3GHz Banias chip that's faster than an XP-M 2400+?
In fact, it's faster than a 3.2GHz Pentium 4 in some cases. Something about Business Winstone must really favor Centrino. I Don't think we can blame it on benchmark games, when the benchmark does well in pointing out how poorly the Pentium 4 does with office apps. The Content Creation test seems to favor Pentium 4 more (expected), though Centrino puts up a pretty good fight. It ends up beating the Athlon XP-M in both tests with both systems tested. Wow.
Business Winstone, Content Creation, Battery Life
1.3GHz Centrino #1: 15.8, 16.4, 4:56
1.3GHz Centrino #2: 13.5, 15.8, 5:06
2400+ Athlon XP-M: 12.5, 14.6, 3:01
3.2GHz Pentium 4: 15.2, 22.6, 2:12
Nothing comes close - not even close - with competing against Centrino. Hopefully, some reviewers put a little more effort into Dothan reviews. It's hard enough scrounging through the Internet for Banias benchmarks. They are too far and few between.
Here's another Centrino vs. Pentium 4 graph. They didn't include an Athlon XP-M in this one. Few reviewers ever do.
How about a 1.3GHz Banias chip that's faster than an XP-M 2400+?
In fact, it's faster than a 3.2GHz Pentium 4 in some cases. Something about Business Winstone must really favor Centrino. I Don't think we can blame it on benchmark games, when the benchmark does well in pointing out how poorly the Pentium 4 does with office apps. The Content Creation test seems to favor Pentium 4 more (expected), though Centrino puts up a pretty good fight. It ends up beating the Athlon XP-M in both tests with both systems tested. Wow.
Business Winstone, Content Creation, Battery Life
1.3GHz Centrino #1: 15.8, 16.4, 4:56
1.3GHz Centrino #2: 13.5, 15.8, 5:06
2400+ Athlon XP-M: 12.5, 14.6, 3:01
3.2GHz Pentium 4: 15.2, 22.6, 2:12
Nothing comes close - not even close - with competing against Centrino. Hopefully, some reviewers put a little more effort into Dothan reviews. It's hard enough scrounging through the Internet for Banias benchmarks. They are too far and few between.
Here's another Centrino vs. Pentium 4 graph. They didn't include an Athlon XP-M in this one. Few reviewers ever do.
