That is exactly what we winmodem proponents have been saying for weeks.

Heavy power users/game players will see a performance problem.  But for
the typical office system and most home users, there will be no
appreciable difference in performance -- except for a 2-3 second lag when
actually connecting or disconnecting.



Jim Meagher
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-----Original Message-----
From: Max Timchenko <[log in to unmask]>


>
>David,
>
>  You're right in mentioning that "real world performance" is not
affected much
>with these new CPUs.
>  The fact is, under normal conditions there always is some free CPU
>time [like working in Word - you'll have a lot of it; also surfing],
>so the difference won't be very noticeable, but if you're doing
>some really hard CPU work, like play Quake in ultra-hires (some
>1024*768*32], your CPU will be 100% busy, and then your Winmodem could
>do all sorts of unpleasant things.
>
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