posted 08-29- 01:15 PM               

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/01q3/010829/news-01.html#amd_reinvents_the_prrating

Read from the "AMD Reinvents The PR-Rating"

and onto the next page.

Or if your really lazy just read this cut/paste.

"This time is required anyhow, because the new Athlon won't be specified by its clock speed anymore. AMD is having very rigorous plans. It starts with the printing on the chip. Future Athlons will be specified by 'MODEL' numbers. For instance a Palomino-Athlon that runs at 1.4 GHz will be MODEL 1600, because AMD considers Palomino 1.4 GHz to be at least as fast as a Pentium 4 1.6 GHz. The printing on the chip will be 'A1600 .....', even though its a 1400 MHz part only. The same is valid for motherboards and their POST. A new BIOS Writer's Guide prohibits the BIOS from ever displaying the true core frequency of Palomino! It has to display the MODEL number instead. Unfortunately, H. Oda's WCPUID still reports the actual clock frequency and even WindowsXP is still reporting the clock rather than the MODEL number. It is unlikely that AMD can force Microsoft into changing WindowsXP code, now that it has just gone Gold."

This was first brought to my attention on the
www.ars-technica.com forumshttp://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=77909774&m=8090951262

One of the guys there has set up a web petition.
http://www.petitiononline.com/wtfamd/petition.html

My personal thoughts on the issue is that while it seems like a good idea it really isn't and will likly make AMD look bad.

Anyways sign up if you think its a stupid idea, it was just started so theres not alot of people yet. There was only 7 when i signed.

posted 08-29- 02:25 PM               

Doing things like naming their CPU's by PR rating is like admiting the Pentiums are the mark to reach, when pentiums still need to reach the mark set by AMD. It's dumb, and hopfully will be stopped.

Thanks for the post Spanky! (or is it Mad Dog?)

~Nat~