Re:Faster does not mean better... (Score 1)

FYI - "is Via trying to make a run on the high end processor market or are they trying to compete with AMD and Cyrix?" Via bought Cyrix and has essentially killed the Cyrix name. So no, they aren't trying to compete with Cyrix :) For the next comment, I would like to compare the CPU war with the old video tape wars between VHS and BetaMAX. I would liken Intel to the VHS and AMD to the BetaMAX. In that battle, the best didn't win. They only reason VHS won was due to marketing and brand recognition. To say that Intel always comes on top is very arrogant. Intel CPU's don't compare to the likes of an Alpha, but neither does it compare to an AMD Athlon. The only reason the AMD Athlon performs a few points better than Intel is because almost every compiler out there is optimized for the Intel achitecture and not AMD's. This isn't to say that Intel makes a terrible product, actually they make a very good product, it is just recently that Intel has been caught standing on there heels.