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[Elmer Phud]

Spokeshave -

It looks like it will all come down to frequency. If even the 67% IPC advantage remains in a 2Ghz Hammer, it will compare favorably to a 3.34 GHz P4.

If the P4 is running slow Dram over a 400MHz FSB and without iHT enabled. I wouldn't count on that. That's pretty much the configuration that AMD compared itself to when making their performance claims so long ago. Unfortunately the target moved. As the weeks, months and now years go by there's still no Hammer.

EP