Re: [PLUG] [OT] CPU question

["William H. Magill" <magill@mcgillsociety.org>]

> W. Chris Shank wrote:
> > Does anyone know what the difference is between a Pentium 4 CPU and a
> > Pentium 4A CPU? My google query wasn't helpful.

One would guess that it refers to the current top of the line P4 with  
HT...
Hyper Threading.  It's currently considered top-of-the-line for Gaming  
- aka "Workstations."

http://developer.intel.com/design/pentium4/index.htm

http://developer.intel.com/products/desktop/processors/pentium4/ 
index.htm?iid=ipp_htm+p4p&

Nominally, 3.2 GHz, 800MHz system bus.

[However, CGM still rates it below the AMD Athlon 64 Fx-51 ... CGM also  
calls the CPU "3.2GHz P4 Extreme Edition.]

T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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