Some interesting Altivec figures

[Blitter]

It sure seems logical.  Heck my Athlon 64 FX-51 3200+ runs at a cool 2.0Ghz.

Yes it's definitly as fast as a Barton core Athlon running at 3.2Ghz like the name would describe.  but that's just in 32bit operations.  Move it to 64bit oprations and there's nothing Intel has to offer that will touch it.  The Itanium is a cludge,,, just look at the coding reviews on it.  Hell M$ of all ppl won't even embrace it and told Intel to change or suck it, basically.

[Blitter]

Note that "Athlon FX-51" (Sledge Hammer core) runs at 2.2Ghz, while "Athlon 64 3200+"/"3000+"(Claw Hammer core) runs at 2.0Ghz.

You are correct, my mental fudge.

[Blitter]

MS Windows Anvil (AMD64 edition) is not quite ready (currently at Beta stage) for RTM status.

MS Windows Anvil is quite different to MS Windows XP Itanium Edition since Anvil is geared towards legacy and high performance gaming. MS Windows XP Itanium Edition is just geared towards PC workstations (e.g. Itanium Deerfield base systems) type activities.

I guess that was my point.  The Itamium, which Itel was actaully going to market as a destop CPU... is far from that.  Not only did it NOT meet expectations in the workstation/server market, but it also floundered as a desktop CPU.  Hence the reason why I mention it as being a "Kludge" of a CPU.  Okay, I may have mis-quoted myself there, but I stil stand buy the architecture of the Itanium being ####e!

But that's just my oppinion and I'm entitled to it. :-P

Happy New Year!