[Wylug-discuss] Linux on Intel 64-Bit Xeon

[Mark P. Conmy]

On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Dave Fisher wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 03:19:24PM +0100, John Hodrien wrote:
>> On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Dave Fisher wrote:
>>> 
>>> How does the EM64T perform compared with AMD64 in 64-bit mode?
>>
>> Well, how does an ice cream perform against a walnut whip?
>
> Not really fair, since I freely admitted to ignorance on these matters
> (hence the questions) and since I don't think I had unreasonably
> misinterpreted the prior discussion as implying that AMD64 and EM64T
> were actually comparable.

Quite so, but they're not *that* comparable at present unfortunately.

Everyone I know who has played with both, however, have emphatically
come down on AMDs side.

Mark