AMD's 3GHz K10 to break 30,000 3DMark06

Aug 28 2007 @ 10:45PM by jimmy

The Inquirer details some additional Barcelona performance. I could barely break 20K with an Intel QX6850 Quadcore with an 8800 Ultra in SLI mode in 3DMark06.....

In the real world, our Intel Kentie 2.93GHz test bed will score around 7.5 GB/s, Athlon 64 X2 5000+ shoots around 8.3-8.8 GB/s, depending on the memory latency, and now Phenom scores even better ? pretty close to a five figure range. But regardless of missing the 10 GB/s mark, it is still faster than any DDR3 memory on an Intel system, regardless of the clock achieved by the DDR3 memory. If you put the memory on 1066 MHz, 11GB/s bandwidth was smashed with read, write and copy tests and that was by quite some margin.

 

AMD versus Intel Redux

Aug 27 2007 @ 09:00PM by jimmy

Business Week covers AMD verus Intel yet again.

"It's no secret that Intel has been trying to put a world of hurt on rival Advanced Micro Devices. Is AMD marketing and sales czar the latest casualty? News that the outspoken Henri Richard is "departing of his own accord," according to an AMD statement, does little to quell speculation that the smaller chipmaker may have seen its best days gone by. Richard, known for his great one-liners and promises of utter annihilation of the competition, was the man in charge of actually translating AMD's chip advancements into real-world profits."

Full article

 

AMD's Henri Richard

Aug 27 2007 @ 08:54PM by jimmy

The Inquirer reports on an AMD memo on Henri Richard's leaving the company.

"We are sad to announce that Henri Richard has made the decision to leave AMD.

When Henri joined AMD in 2002, his primary mission was to establish a world-class global Sales and Marketing organization. It is safe to say that he has accomplished that mission, and he is now ready for a new challenge in his career. While we will certainly miss him, it?s a measure of his success that the organization he leaves behind is fully poised to succeed and capable of maintaining and building the momentum that we have built."

 

The Desktop CPU Comparison Guide

Aug 27 2007 @ 08:49PM by jimmy

Tech ARP has updated their desktop CPU comparison guide to revision 3.6.

There are so many CPU models that it has become quite impossible to keep up with the different models or even remember their specifications!

Therefore, we decided to compile this guide to provide an easy reference for those who are interested in comparing the specifications of the various desktop CPUs in the market, as well as those already obsolescent or obsolete.

Currently covering over 590 desktop CPUs, this comprehensive comparison will allow you to easily compare up to 18 different specifications for each and every CPU!