On Sat, 2008-03-22 at 18:44 +0100, Norman Rieß wrote:
> Grant schrieb:
> > I had become an AMD guy, but I think I'm hearing that Intel is beating
> > AMD in performance tests. Plus my AMD64 X2 desktop should be much
> > faster than my Intel laptop but is actually slower. What do you guys
> > think?
> >
> > - Grant
> >  
> Well the experience of a desktop or an application depends on more than
> just the processor. Nearly every part of a computer does its part. And
> then you have the software, what software you use, how it is build, what
> reqirements this software has on other software and hardware and so on.
> Does it uses the FPU or is it heavy on the ALU. How much IO is used and
> how much can the system provide.
> But if you believe the average hardwaremagazine, intel is a step ahead
> right now.
>
> Norman

When Intel finally implements HyperTransport (I think it's planned for
the next generation), AMD will loose their last bastion performance
wise ... what a pity.