Not The Market Leader (Intel Pentium 4 (Williamete))

Member Name: Meshek

Product:	Intel Pentium 4 (Williamete)
Date:	12/01/02 (57 review reads)
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Advantages: Just Faster, More Relaiable

Disadvantages: Expensive, Only Just Faster

A few years ago intel was the undesputed market leader for processesors. However in recent years their lead was diminished and reversed with AMD out in front getting to 1GHz before intel. Intel's answer to this was the pentium 4 and more recently the northwood pentium 4 which is print at 0.13 instead 0.18 microns and finally starts using copper as opposed to aluminium. (AMD have been using copper for ages).

In my opinion these are not bad processors just they are not the best. The latest Northhwood processors are only just faster (3%) than the AMD 2000+ which are still using the 0.18 printing process. However the northwood cost almost £150 pounds more and is not as overclockable as the AMD and untill recently had to use the more expensive rambus ram. However if one uses DDR ram with the northwood it is slower than the AMD so in my opinion there is little point in the pentium northwood. One clear advantage of the pentium is that it is slightly more reliable but only slightly.

This is not a bad product it is just there are cheaper faster alternative and the money you save can be used to upgrade in a year or two's time.

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