[CS-FSLUG] QOTW: Megahurtz Race

[N. Thompson]

The first computer I've had to myself was a Celeron 466 which ran at 467 
Mhz, My current P2 2.6 runs at 2605 Mhz. I've never seen a performance 
rating before unless thats the name such as Pentium 1, 2, 3 or 4.

Timothy R. Butler wrote:

>What was the megahertz speed of your first computer? What is the speed
>of your present computer? Have you ever owned a system with a
>"performance rating" instead of a MHz rating? Do you check your system
>speed to see if it really is running at the advertised speed?
>
>I'm not sure, to be honest -- I'd have to check to see what the TI
>99/4A's specs where. My first PC compatible ran at 33 MHz, though (it
>was a Intel 486 DX). 
>
>My current PC runs at 2.66 GHz (but, to answer the last question, its
>actual speed is 2657.883). It's a Pentium 4 without Hyperthreading... HT
>boxen run at .06 less GHz. My Mac runs at 2.0 GHz (yes, that's the
>actual speed too). 
>
>I've never run a "performance rating" processor. Although, if I were
>building a DIY PC compatible at the moment, I'd be very tempted by the
>AMD Athlon 64. (Offtopic: Remember when Cyrix was trying to do a non-MHz
>rating in the mid-90's?)
>
>	-Tim
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