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the desktop chips are out in q2? so how long? next month?
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AMD gets phenomenal with Phenom processors
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Defcon5 said:
quality!! made me lol
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DasFruitMachine said:
So was "Wii"
man whats is it with these names, first 4x4 then they changed it? what else can they use? V8? hell why not just slap a turbo badge on it and go faster stripes too? all a bit pointless.
they probably spent 6 months thinking up the name then started designing after that.
one thing though, hopefully AMD can pull it back in the cpu stakes, either way its gonna make some real high processing power available to us on the cheapo.
they probably spent 6 months thinking up the name then started designing after that.
one thing though, hopefully AMD can pull it back in the cpu stakes, either way its gonna make some real high processing power available to us on the cheapo.
Soldato
Not bothered about the name really, performance is what i'd like to know about 
Also would this see the Intel's drop too?
Also would this see the Intel's drop too?
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i wish they would just release the chips so we can see the benchies
i want amd to come back with a great chip if intel get the upper hand the end is nigh!
i want amd to come back with a great chip if intel get the upper hand the end is nigh!
So I have to ask, what's the point?
We barely have any software at the minute which caters for two cores let alone 4, and most just uses multi-threading to split portions of the program anyway meaning an indivdual core is usually being utilized more than the other, since they're not equally split.
The way I see it, no matter how good the benchmarks look, end of the day most software is still going to try to use a single lousy core, and if they're just as slow or slower and cooler, that means less performance for average joe instead of more.
Furthermore, since intel are using a smaller process, the TDP is less anyway! So personally, I think Core2 will continue to win until AMD switch to 45nm, because by the time intel come out with a decent quad core alternative, we'll probably seen little to no software taking real advantage of multiple cores.
We barely have any software at the minute which caters for two cores let alone 4, and most just uses multi-threading to split portions of the program anyway meaning an indivdual core is usually being utilized more than the other, since they're not equally split.
The way I see it, no matter how good the benchmarks look, end of the day most software is still going to try to use a single lousy core, and if they're just as slow or slower and cooler, that means less performance for average joe instead of more.
Furthermore, since intel are using a smaller process, the TDP is less anyway! So personally, I think Core2 will continue to win until AMD switch to 45nm, because by the time intel come out with a decent quad core alternative, we'll probably seen little to no software taking real advantage of multiple cores.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Oddw1re said:
I am going to inform the others!
Thanks for the link!!!!
Soldato
stop bitching about names, not like 'core 2 duo' is the greatest name ever concieved ever, if anything it sounds like some sort text language gone wrong... 
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Indeed. New names always get people moaning though.... it's tradition
I guarantee people moaned about Athlon when it was first announced!
I guarantee people moaned about Athlon when it was first announced!
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Kamakazie! said:Indeed. New names always get people moaning though.... it's tradition
I guarantee people moaned about Athlon when it was first announced!
intels celeron processors, celeron, celery...
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Isnt that what they call the undertaker ?
The Phenom.
The Phenom.
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I agree! Who cares about the nameGashman said:stop bitching about names, not like 'core 2 duo' is the greatest name ever concieved ever, if anything it sounds like some sort text language gone wrong...
Enthusiasts still refer to C2D as "Conroe" even to this day. It is just far less ambiguous. Phenom will be no different.
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Sorry to lower the tone.
Phenom-inal only means one thing to me
Phenom-inal
What muppet chose a name like that?
Phenom-inal only means one thing to me
Phenom-inal
What muppet chose a name like that?
Soldato
Whats the chances of it being a flop over the r600?