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AMD gets phenomenal with Phenom processors

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.
 
Not bothered about the name really, performance is what i'd like to know about :)

Also would this see the Intel's drop too?
 
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.
 
Defcon5 said:
Whats elegant about slapping two sockets on the same mobo?
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Hypertransport vs. FSB.

Also, you quote out of context: the theoretical advantage counts for nothing if the processors used are not up to comparative scratch.
 
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... :rolleyes:
 
Kamakazie! said:
Indeed. New names always get people moaning though.... it's tradition :)
I guarantee people moaned about Athlon when it was first announced!
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intels celeron processors, celeron, celery...
 
Gashman 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... :rolleyes:
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I agree! Who cares about the name :)

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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