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divisionbell77 · 01-19-2002, 09:25 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by HarryB:
im getting

Athlon 1700XP processor
512mb DDR RAM
Geforce 3 Ti200
60GB hard drive

getting it this month
and i might pay extra to get it as 1.8ghz instead of 1.7ghz<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

That Athlon 1700 XP is NOT a 1.7 Ghx processor. THey do that to make their chips look faster to the common buyer(the common buyer will see a higher number and assume it is better, even though a 'less' Ghz Athlon can out perform a 'higher' Ghx Pentium).

I think the 1700 is a 1.4 ghz.

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divisionbell77 is Offline Member Posts: 54 Join Date: Jan 2002	01-19-2002, 09:25 AM <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by HarryB: im getting Athlon 1700XP processor 512mb DDR RAM Geforce 3 Ti200 60GB hard drive getting it this month and i might pay extra to get it as 1.8ghz instead of 1.7ghz<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> That Athlon 1700 XP is NOT a 1.7 Ghx processor. THey do that to make their chips look faster to the common buyer(the common buyer will see a higher number and assume it is better, even though a 'less' Ghz Athlon can out perform a 'higher' Ghx Pentium). I think the 1700 is a 1.4 ghz.