On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Grant <emailgrant@(protected):
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> > > > 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.
>
> It is a pity. When did AMD's overall advantage disappear?
>
> - Grant
>
When Intel came out with its Core Two Duo CPUs, and *really* when
Intel came out with Quad Cores before AMD.
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