Pentium 4 systems debut amid performance questions
Intel regains the chip speed crown with the release of PCs based on its new Pentium 4 processors, but new benchmark tests raise questions about just how much faster the chips are.
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Intel regains the chip speed crown with the release of PCs based on its new Pentium 4 processors, but new benchmark tests raise questions about just how much faster the chips are. "For today's buyer, the Pentium 4 simply doesn't make sense." - Anandtech writer Anand Lal Shimpi | 
| | | Testers: Pentium 4 fails to outpace Athlon Intel's new 1.5-GHz chip doesn't provide a real performance advantage and is often slower when compared with Athlon, AMD's fastest chip, benchmark testers and analysts say.
update Major PC manufacturers release the first desktops built around the Pentium 4, a chip that will form the bedrock of Intel's business for the next few years.
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