I agree that we are in the era of "good enough" computing and it doesn't
matter how superior Core i7 is because the bottle necks are in other
parts of the system and that means primarily the hard drive. I'm
worried about a market with only one CPU manufacturer and what it would
mean about mainstream afford ability. I have not given in to the
temptation of Intel and my Athlon 5400+ BE is fast enough even without
over clocking. Deneb isn't here until February or March but I too look
forward to it.
Greg Sevart wrote:
Oh, I completely agree--I wouldn't buy an AMD right now either. But my
loyalty is thin. AMD's 45nm Deneb generation chips look to be capable of
clocking fairly high. I at least allow for the possibility that tomorrow may
be different--though I expect Core i7 to eat its lunch. I'm taking a
wait-and-see approach before deciding on the replacement for my superb
3.6GHz Q6600.
I think that some could make the argument that we are now largely in an era
of "good enough" computing, too.
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Whatever, it's too little to late from AMD, I looked to build an AMD in
March &
quickly decided Intel was a better bet, still is.
It's an Intel market right now both for CPU & chipsets.
Greg Sevart wrote:
Not to mention that the TLB issue was stupidly overblown by the so-
called
enthusiast community. "omg I can't o/c to 47GHz!! MUST BE TLB!!!"
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On 13 Oct 2008, at 13:09, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
I started reading some of the reviews and when there's some problem
that comes and goes randomly, I think not....;-)
the L3 cache errata isn't an issue now, the 9x50 badged parts no
longer have that problem.
-JB
