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From Clarity to Confusion: AMD's Model Rating System Needs to Go
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 03/03/2005 01:50 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Sudhian Media has posted an article on AMD's Model Rating System
AMD's announcement in the fall of 2001 that the new "AthlonXP" processor would eschew a standard MHz clockspeed for a model-rating system drew an Internet-wide groan from enthusiast and technical communities alike. PR (Performance Rating)-centric systems had been tried before by both Cyrix
and AMD, and had acquired a less-than-sterling reputation.
and AMD, and had acquired a less-than-sterling reputation.
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