Intel Follows Amd: Product Ratings Not Ghz

[ForceX]

Intel plans to assign a new numbering system to its Pentium and Celeron processors in order to better illustrate their performance to consumers, according to a source familiar with the company's plans. Intel rival AMD may have helped pave the way for consumers' acceptance of model numbers. Although previous attempts to do so by companies such as Cyrix failed, AMD successfully switched its Athlon chip to a model number system more than two years ago.

 

Under Intel's number system, the difference between two chips in the same family would be more clearly marked out. For example, within the Pentium 4 family, it would be easier to distinguish the capabilities of an older Northwood-design 2.6GHz Pentium 4 chip with 512KB of cache and a 533MHz bus, compared with a newer Prescott 2.8GHz chip with 1MB of cache and an 800MHz bus.

 

News source: news.com

 

HAHAHAHA.....Looks like Intel are starting to copy AMD's marketing plan....I wonder why they couldn't find a better way to sell their CPU's

 

Intel POWNED!!!!!

[ken_cinder]

Sure, too bad AMDs numbering system is VERY misleading and it's the ONLY reason they do so.

Your avg computer dummy doesn't seem to grasp the concept that an Athlon XP 2600 is NOT 2600mhz.

[Gryph]

Sure, too bad AMDs numbering system is VERY misleading and it's the ONLY reason they do so.

Your avg computer dummy doesn't seem to grasp the concept that an Athlon XP 2600 is NOT 2600mhz.

It's their fault for being stupid

 

But its a good thing that Intel has finally recognized that mhz isn't the BIG WHOA aspect of processors.