Replies to post #40783 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[upc]

Are you being misleading on purpose? I cannot imagine why you continue to compare AthlonXP/64 ratings to Sempron ratings, and act suprised that they are not consistent. Are you surprised by the performance of a Celeron 2.6 GHz vs a Prescott 2.6 GHz part? What does this sort of post add to this forum?

upc

[sgolds]

wbmw, thanks, that confirms what others here are saying - especially upc - that the ratings are not comparable to each other. Your example adds empiricle evidence to a theoretical discussion.

I am very, very disappointed in AMD today!

P.S.: So is the market. AMD went down going into the announcement and continues to go down more than the market. One would expect that they would get an announcement bounce after the past week's activity (the inverse of 'buy on rumor, sell on news').

This is despite the great implications about 90nm production.

The market thinks that AMD just shot itself in the foot, and I have to agree.

[Windsock]

The reason for the benchmark confusion is clear: Cyrix style PR inflation. In the case of Cyrix, the false ratings not only ended with their demise but it also tarnished all the clones that were using a PR comparison.