03-11-2005, 02:10 PM
odin0425 Wrote:Its because Ghz is a unit of mesurement, the Gigahertz of a coumputer measures the number of cycles the processor exacutes per second, each command requires a certan amount of clock cylces, but it just so happens that the way amd is desinged, alows it to do the same amount of commands as intel, but with less clock cycles--more for less doesnt but isnt that kind of unaversal with amd? considering price and allThats the technical way to put it.. but bluntly AMD knew people will buy based on numbers so they had to name the AMD's different so they woudl still sell against intel's higher Ghz chips.