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As far as I know, you are correct in your statement (except I'm not sure about the RISC core, I was pretty well certain it was just a CISC processor) but it does get its performance boost from higher clockrates, just like the Intel.

However, since the P4, Intel has increased the number of pipes in their processors substantially. This makes the processor slower at equivalant clock rates with AMD, but also makes it (theoretically) easier for Intel to push the clock rate up without major redesign. Many of the extra pipes are also made specifically for video intense processing, namely rendering files in photoshop and video editing of home movies and DivX wink. IE, programs capable of taking advantage of these special pipes that have been specifically programmed for the P4 may run faster on the P4 than the AMD at the same clock rate.

Other than Video Editing, though, AMD and IBM's chips are more economical in their design and make better use of smaller clock rates. Fewer cycles are dropped and leaving more cycles free to do what they should: compute.
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Intel P4 is very good  usapride | 02/01/04
Combo  HarleyRider | 02/01/04
For lower performance  ITGuy04 | 02/02/04
It's not the CPU...  ryusen | 02/02/04
Holy Pipelines Batman!  middle of nowhere | 02/01/04
I may be wrong.  doe_z | 02/01/04
You are not...  Bob/Paul | 02/01/04
Pipes  Teknophobic | 02/02/04
Re: Pipes  d_jedi | 02/02/04
i wonder, where the REAL performance gain is.  ryusen | 02/02/04
Intel the pride of the USA  usapride | 02/01/04
Please don't perpetuate false myths  toadlife | 02/01/04
yea  Arrg | 02/02/04
To be fair...  ryusen | 02/02/04
I'm all for it  Arrg | 02/02/04
my experience  ryusen | 02/02/04
AMD 24/7/365, 0 issues  ITGuy04 | 02/02/04
AMD in the Enterprise  javabri@... | 02/03/04
Ho-Hum...  BitTwiddler | 02/02/04
Not really mo' money  Teknophobic | 02/02/04
Doubling the Cache...  BitTwiddler | 02/02/04
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...  Harvey Birdman | 02/02/04
REVIEWS CONFIRM PRESCOTT IS A DOG !!!  realitycheck101 | 02/02/04
Prescott vs. Northwood  d_jedi | 02/02/04
You might want to...  BitTwiddler | 02/02/04
not enough for the buck  Nullifidian | 02/02/04
Wait a few months..  d_jedi | 02/02/04
wait till they've perfected...  ryusen | 02/02/04
Competition is Good!  beecrosse | 02/02/04
Prescott Already Available  ddidier | 02/02/04
No Light At End Of Pipeline!  JusTheFaxMam | 02/02/04
that Hertz  nograin | 02/02/04
Change the name!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/02/04
actually,  ryusen | 02/02/04
Its all about the yeild  JoeMama_z | 02/02/04
my statement  ryusen | 02/03/04
Who needs it?  tonykara | 02/02/04
what about OS & application support to this new Improvements  james_adani@... | 02/04/04
What if it's Itanium Jr.?  Teknophobic | 02/03/04
Isn't this the chip that was supposed to be "secure?"  AbsolutelyNot | 04/13/04

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