| Website |
Rating |
Article
Date |
Quote |
| Ace's
Hardware |
+/- |
Jan
07 '02 |
"Intel's Northwood
packs some heavy punch in some of the Workstation applications ...
Northwood features better gaming performance than the Willamette
Pentium 4, but fails to leave the fastest Athlon XP behind."
"
|
| Active
Hardware |
+ |
Jan
07 '02 |
"Despite the advantage
of a 512KB L2 cache, the Intel Pentium 4 is hard-pressed to match
the power of the Athlon XP."
|
| Anandtech |
+ |
Jan
07 '02 |
"In the end, the choice is no longer simple. Both the Athlon
XP 2000+ and the Pentium 4 2.2GHz processors are very close performers
in most respects, the final decision truly comes down to what your
preferences are." |
| Digit-life |
+ |
Jan
07 '02 |
"On average, we have a 5-8% lead, though in pure processor tasks
it can be even greater." " |
| ExtremeTech |
+ |
Jan
07 '02 |
"Athlon
XP 2000+ maintains parity with the 2GHz Northwood in some tests, the
2GHz Northwood CPU pulls ahead of Amd's fastest CPU in many benchmarks." |
| Firing
Squad |
+/- |
Jan 09 '02 |
"Does Northwood
give Intel a performance advantage over AMD's Athlon XP? In some cases
yes, and in others, no." |
| GamePC |
+ |
Dec
31 '01 |
"Considering that many enthusiasts already have it in their heads
that Northwood was going to be the end-all, be-all performance chip
of the day, the Northwood will be considered a disappointment."
" |
| Gamespot |
- |
Jan
08 '01 |
"The Athlon XP 2000+ at least matches the 2GHz Pentium 4's performance
in most tests, and Athlon systems are still more budget-friendly.
" |
| [H]ard|OCP |
+ |
Jan
07 '01 |
"The Intel Northwood core is going to be a winner for many of
us as the year progresses and the prices fall." |
| Hardware.fr |
+/- |
Jan 07 '02 |
"Indeed,
the new AMD XP 2000+ offers performance equal/better than the P4 2.2
GHz." |
| Heise.de |
+/- |
Jan
07 '02 |
"In
many practical benchmarks the difference between Intel's fastest chips
and the AMD Athlon XP 2000+ is almost negligible." |
| Lost
Circuits |
- |
Jan
07 '02 |
"The
Northwood showed a healthy boost over the Willamette but, in most
applications, did not quite beat the AMD Athlon XP 2000+." |
| PC
Stats |
- |
Jan
07 '02 |
"The
numbers are definitely pointing to the Athlon XP 2000+ for value in
price, and performance." |
| PC
World |
+ |
Jan
07 '02 |
"[The
new P4's] fail to deal a finishing blow to Athlon XP-based PCs, and--for
now--they offer less value for your money." |
| Sharky
Extreme |
9/10 |
Jan
07 '02 |
"The
Pentium 4-2.2 and 2.0A are two very impressive processor releases
from Intel, and when teamed with a high-performance platform like
the i850, can surpass the Athlon XP 2000+ in many areas." |
| SimHQ |
+ |
Jan
07 '02 |
"
These new Northwood processors are the new brutes on the processor
market. In fact, these new Northwood’s put Intel right back into
a dogfight with AMD for the drivers seat with regard to performance." |
| Target
PC |
+ |
Jan
07 '02 |
"Someone
seeking for maximum performance will be better with a Pentium 4 considering
its strong overclocking potential." |
| TecChannel.de |
+/- |
Jan
07 '02 |
"The
Pentium 4 dominates mainly in programs which are optimized for its
SSE2-Instruction Set. While giving precedence in standard programs
to the Athlon XP" |
| Tech
Report |
+ |
Jan
07 '02 |
"Performance-wise,
it's a toss-up. I would like to declare one or the other of these
processors the clear winner, but that's just not possible. " |
| Tom's
Hardware Guide |
+ |
Jan 07
'02 |
"In any
case, one thing is clear in the majority of performance tests, the
new Pentium 4/2200 is clearly ahead, leaving the Athlon XP 2000+ in
the dust." |
| Van's
Hardware |
- |
Jan
07 '02 |
"The
Athlon XP dominates its Intel rival and slips by reported scores for
the 2.2GHz P4." |
| VR-Zone
Hardware |
+ |
Jan
07 '02 |
"Athlon
XP 2000+ is still able to overpower the P4 2.0AGhz but was unable
to surpass the P4 2.2Ghz." |
| X-Bit
Labs |
+ |
Jan
07 '02 |
"The
latest Pentium 4 processors built on the new core will be not only
worthy competitors to Athlon XP, but will also prove much faster than
the rivals." |
| ZDNet.de
|
+/- |
Jan
07 '02 |
"Only
with very well optimized software can the P4/2200 maintain ground
[with the Athlon XP 2000+]." |