Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[dougSF30]

I'm afraid that in being a "stickler", you miss the point.

I'm not sure why AMD has stuck by this fiction w.r.t. the comparison basis for PR ratings. It is clear that they have shifted in response to whatever Intel is offering, as they *should*.

Already, we see segmentation. Compare (desktop) Athlon XP 3200+ performance to Athlon64 3200+ performance. For instance, see the Anandtech review on September 23, 03.

Any credibility gap likely exists only in the mind of the overly technical engineer. What matters is whether the ratings are fair within the segments, in comparison to Intel products.

I'll concede that it would be nice if AMD would go as far as saying that AthlonXP (-M) are a different segment than Athlon64 products, and PR numbers cannot be directly compared between the two, and set explicit targets of Prescott for A64 PR, and P4 Celeron for AXP PR. Nice, but probably not necessary, as far as *consumers* go.

Doug