Intel Claws Harder

November 17, 2000 6:58 AM

The Pentium4 is going to be launched next Monday, and contrary to popular Intel methods is going to be actually available in very large volumes. In fact Intel is going to push the chip hardcore and plan to make more P4 chips than P3 chips by early next year. It looks like Intel is betting the farm on this chip being good. What is also interesting is Intel is finally going to competitive again with pricing against AMD

The Pentium 4, operating at 1.4 gigahertz, will cost about $625, and the 1.5 gigahertz version will cost about $795, according to personal-computer makers, the paper said. AMD's 1.2 gigahertz Athlon chip costs $612, it added.

We'll see some in depth benchmarks and write-ups next Monday and all will be told. If the thing is fast I'm sold, havent upgraded the old compute here for quite a while. :)

Steve Gibson

Steve Gibson is the cofounder of Shacknews.com. Originally known as sCary's Quakeholio back in 1996, Steve is now President of Gearbox Publishing after selling Shacknews to GameFly in 2009.

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lurker

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November 17, 2000 6:59 AM

Holy Fucking Shit, Batman!
- xvdl
  
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  November 17, 2000 6:59 AM
  
  bitch
  - lurker
    
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    November 17, 2000 7:01 AM
    
    slut
- Boy Wonder
  
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  November 17, 2000 8:02 AM
  
  Holy Impersonators, Batman!
  - lurker
    
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    November 17, 2000 8:05 AM
    
    not really. That's about the only line I use to make fun of Robin from the original series with Adam West (shame I don't remember who played Boy Wonder).
    - GoofyBoy
      
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      November 17, 2000 8:07 AM
      
      Dick Grayson.
      
      Don't tell anyone.
      - lurker
        
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        November 17, 2000 8:11 AM
        
        wan't that the character's name, though? The actor's name was something else.
        
        lurker
        
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        November 17, 2000 8:12 AM
        
        wan't=wasn't
        me=dumass
        you=carrying on with life
        
        x-eyd|mary
        
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        November 17, 2000 8:14 AM
        
        Dick Grayson was the characters name, Burt Ward was the actors name.
        
        We can all sleep a little easier tonight.
        
        lurker
        
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        November 17, 2000 8:15 AM
        
        thank you, cross x-eyed mary ;)
    - x-eyd|mary
      
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      November 17, 2000 8:08 AM
      
      *Gasp!* It was Bert Ward. (Burt, maybe.)
      - x-eyd|mary
        
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        November 17, 2000 8:09 AM
        
        Hmmm. I DEMAND A RECOUNT!
        
        or a quick validation of that, anyway...