and, I didn't say anything about performance gains?
Certainly, that was your implication.
Although video encoding is one of the places those extra general purpose registers in AMD64 mode can show themselves,
that must be in bizarreo world. Every time I have run encoding tests with AMD CPUs against Intel they perform slower by factors of three, and four.
The part that'll sting a bit for you is that 3.06Ghz Netburst Xeons will get kicked around by a 1.86Ghz Core 2 Duo, the Xeon box isn't a clunker, but... well, Netburst always was a bit rubbish :p
I have a P4p Xeon and I am not sure it is, or isn't a Netburst ,as it was purchased after Intel dropped Netburst. However, I don't buy your analysis anyway. Every encoding test I have done, over the last four years, blows away anything AMD has put out. I have never seen any legitimate source claim that AMD could stand up to Intel when it comes to video editing and encoding.
one thing to watch out for is HDCP support btw, being able to play blu- ray stuff at full res is.. well, at least some of the point :)
First, I will be working with cable HD. And trying to predict what DRM laden Blu Ray is going to do in the future is a fools errand.
