NaturalViolence Wrote:uh no.....I don't know where you got any of that from. It's just a model number.
I want to say AMD's marketing dept but then I would have to prove they existed too.
Guys, you're all wrong on the + though. the + thing originates to K5 and AM5x86 days where it was called "Pentium Rate". Introduced as a marketing trick. What it means is "performs as good as an intel CPU with this clockspeed". When dual core was introduced it obviosuly kinda lost its meaning.
But none of the K5 or 5x86 model numbers had a + sign in them. The + sign wasn't introduced until athlon XP.
(06-27-2012, 08:22 PM)oerg866 Wrote: [ -> ]Guys, you're all wrong on the + though. the + thing originates to K5 and AM5x86 days where it was called "Pentium Rate". Introduced as a marketing trick. What it means is "performs as good as an intel CPU with this clockspeed". When dual core was introduced it obviosuly kinda lost its meaning.
This is one of the oldest and wrongest beliefs ever to come about of the AthlonXP numbering scheme
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Quote:Make no mistake, that's exactly what AMD is trying to say. For all its claims that the new model numbers signify the Athlon XP's performance relative to the old Thunderbird Athlons - purely for legal reasons; it doesn't want the Federal Trade Commission and Intel on its back - AMD's sample OEM advert compares the 1800+ XP to "competitive 1.8GHz PC processors". Since AMD doesn't actually make a 1.8GHz processor, T'Bird or not, competitive or otherwise, the chip company clearly has its arch-rival in mind.
Didn't I just say exactly that...? I assume you have misread my post because that's exactly what I was saying. It originates from Pentium rate, and got reintroduced as a "+" in the name. Officially admitting that is of course not a wise thing to do.
no you didn't.
You correllated the performance reference to that of the Pentium Rate, which refers to the clock performance of the Original Pentium Pro vs the Pentium 2.
Pentium 4 and Athlon K7s do not follow the pentium rate as originally applied
Uh, no. The Pentium Rate was not an Intel gimmick, period. It had the same purpose as the +, which you already mentioned.
AMD K5 PR-166 would have been called AMD K5 XP 166+ by athlon XP's naming conventions.
I get the feeling you don't know what you're talking about, I'm terribly sorry.
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