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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=11143 |  deimos47 (449) Jul 15, 2006 - 10:25 pm
| you are right. I should have said "intermitently leading",or better "providing decent competition"
I was merely trying to highlight that AMD is unlikely to abandon their K8 architecture, and that there are still many ways to improve its performance.
As for Intel, I guess Conroe means that desktop/consumer switchover to EPIC ISA is postponed indefinetily. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=11143 | deimos47 (449) Jul 15, 2006 - 12:03 pm
| It was 1999. Hot of the heals of their very successful P2 "Deschutes", Intel tried to charm the world with their internet optimized P3. And as fate would have it, Athlon debuted and crashed their party.
7 years (1999-2006) is a very very long time for a microarchitecture to be leading the market. Certainly blew away the wildest expectations. Its quite a shame that just as AMD gets FAB36 up and running, and production silicon from Chartered, Intel crashes in.
But, despite Conroe's clear win, I still think Athlon has room for improvement. Particularly, in the key memory subsystem.
- S754 to S939 doubling of memory bandwidth (and again with AM2) saw minimal performance advantage. Clearly the bandwidth is there, but not being used.
- Conroe has more better and smarter prefetchers. Even using lowly DDR2-667, it beats the AM2 systems, even in typical bandwidth limited tests.
- AMD is at a unique position to leverage their SOI technology towards cache: Z-ram. Its seems ridiculous that in today's day and age, AMD is shifting their lineup to the petty 512KB L2 cache models.
By following in Conroe's footsteps of working smarter and not just harder, if AMD works quickly and diligently, they may be able to make up much of the lost ground. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=11143 | deimos47 (449) Jul 14, 2006 - 08:24 pm » Edited on Jul 14, 2006 - 08:34 pm
| Mr Annonymous.
I'm about as big fan of AMD as they come.. I bought every major CPU of theirs, even their ill fated K5.
But, please don't try to dismiss that Conroe is not just a bit, but a huge leap faster in raw processing. Now, whether this is actually beneficial, in today's GPU bound games is a different story, but please get your head out of the sand ;)
EDIT: Seeing as there is negligible difference in Oblivion too, its obvious you didn't read that HardOCP article carefully. Notice they are using 1600x1200 4AA/16AF? Recall firingsquad excellent CPU scaling articles? If there was negligible difference between Athlon64 3500+ and Athlon FX57, what makes you think Conroe will change any of that?
Intel did not mislead anyone. In fact they understated their performance advantage by typically using medium@1024x768. If we go further to 800x600, or even 640x480, we see the Conroe's lead extend even more (although ofcourse nobody is expected to play like that).
What really annoys me is that we went through exactly the same thing with Athlong64 vs P4. Except then, folks were quick to applaud Athlon64 (even though they were likewise tied when it came to GPU bound scenarios).. but now we have folks in denial trying to find any little tidbit of bad info on Conroe. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=11143 | deimos47 (449) Jul 14, 2006 - 06:03 pm
| Ah the memories. When I got a P2-350, I was thrilled at finally being able to play DIVX movies without stutter. And, perhaps with a good video card, I could forgo buying a MPEG2 acceleration card. I was also quite excited at being able to burn CDs without buffer under-runs. And I must confess, gameplay with my spiffy nVidia TNT improved somewhat too (over PentiumPro 180).
By all accounts you could say I was one happy camper.
Fast-forward to 2004. I (somewhat reluctantly) bought an Athlon64 system. Back in 2002, when I got the XP1700+ and 9700pro, I adamantly said "never again". But with all the 64 bit hype, I just couldn't resist. Sure it was a bit faster than the old P4C 2.4ghz, but didn't really help real life gaming performance.
I think its safe to say, that starting with 9700pro, and moving onto 6800/x800's, the CPU's role in a gaming machine diminished considerably.
And here we are today. Still not satisfied. Current DirectX overhead can't seem to catch up to blazing GPU developments. At normal game settings, almost everyone is GPU bound. Desktop CPU's have conquered virtually every consumer application. With everything happening nearly instantly, what need is there to upgrade.
Intel, where is your killer app? Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=11141 | deimos47 (449) Jul 13, 2006 - 08:54 pm
| At $1359.99 what's really surprising is that in terms of "performance per price", even at that staggering price, this Conroe can beat some of its Pentium4 breatheren and even the almighty Athlon64's.
Yes sir ye, Intel wasn't bluffing when they said IPC is up. And in many cases they were being quite modest. Although dont expect Conroe to be your 2006 version of Hal 9000 ;) Flag this | Edit this post |
| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=3075 | deimos47 (449) Jul 13, 2006 - 06:03 am
| By the sounds of it, the father is quite horny, always wanting to make more babies. But, do these people think of the consequences. Sure they don't seem to eat that much or take too much space now, but how does she (and 40 at that) intend to take care of 11 children going through terrible two's stage? What about 11 teens? Paying for upper education for ALL would be out of the question, maybe even if they were millionaires.
And they already had 7 little kids in a one bedroom apartment before this. What were they thinking (or not thinking)? I feel sorry for her "friends". If she had asked me for help with all those little kids, I would tell her its her problem. Nobody finds changing 7+ diapers "fun". Flag this | Edit this post |
| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=3066 | deimos47 (449) Jul 11, 2006 - 10:26 am
| "all the rest cheezy"
thats just crazy devil talk.
Would you seriously be content if you had only watched the first one? Did you not rise up and cheer as Rocky finally took out Apollo Creed, and succeeded in reaching in fullfiling his dream? Were you not impressed by Cluber Lang's determination and raw power. Those were ALL amazing movies, which I can confortably bare to watch over and over again.
(cant say the same with recent trend in comedies like "RV", "Pluto Nash", "Master of Disguise", "Baby Geniuses2" etc) Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=11072 | deimos47 (449) Jul 11, 2006 - 10:26 am
| | Folks buying AMD only on the low-end. That's just sick. Why would you intentionally punish yourself by buying a Pentium D. Is life no longer sacred? And, Intel is just about to write-off their whole netburst line into obsolescence... along with those 10% of consumers. Flag this | Edit this post |
| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=3004 | deimos47 (449) Jun 29, 2006 - 01:21 pm
| Obviously none of you have played Battlezone...
Soviet and American military bases were built on the far side of the moon already before the 50's. Don't believe me.. go in a spaceship and look at the back side and you will see!!
Moon landing..phff.. what a shameless coverup.
As for Mars, from what I recall in Doom3, that's not quite the vacation advertised. We'd be better off blowing it up with our surplus nukes then lot those growly things out again.
( Sarge is waiting for us ... ;) Flag this | Edit this post |
| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=2987 | deimos47 (449) Jun 27, 2006 - 05:48 am
| exactly what I was thinking.
by firing this poor guy, tolerant enough to put up with an hour on hold, they fail to address the problem. And its not just the hold times. Obviously, by the long list of customer service problems, the whole company has a problem. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=10815 | deimos47 (449) Jun 23, 2006 - 12:21 am
| | Dont be fooled by the overclocking results. All the 7900's I've seen are built on one and the same PCB, using the same GPU's ofcourse. The EVGA signature series 7900GT has voltage bumped up.. IMHO, that negates the whole point of getting a 7900GT in the first place. Flag this | Edit this post |
| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=2970 | deimos47 (449) Jun 21, 2006 - 12:26 pm
| Pff.. you're paying THAT much for a burger, and there isn't even any mayo, pickels, mustard, ketchup, tomato or lettuce.
Best burgers are always home made burgers, grilled on your grill, over a cold lager, served on back patio, under dim stary night sky.
(excuse me while I go fix me something) Flag this | Edit this post |
| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=2961 | deimos47 (449) Jun 21, 2006 - 12:42 am
| Vast majority of industry radiation exposures where in early days before proper precautions were taking in mining uranium (long term effect). Such problems have long ago been eliminated.
Although nuclear reactors produce immense amounts of energy, they consume little fuel, and produce little "waste". After many months of operation, radioactive isotope contaminants build up in the fuel, which decreases in reactivity. These isotopes typically emit beta radiation as they decay to lower states. Thus, even though there is no chain reaction.. the used fuel remains "hot".. litteraly.
Remember that NASA space probe that crashed and then rural villagers used the "magic rocks" for heating?
Typical nuclear power stations have large pools, where after some years, the radioactivity of the used fuel is reduced to less than one percent. Until there is a centralized storage location, the used fuel is stored onsite above-ground in large steel-concrete containers. After a decade or two the radioactivity is less than 1/1000'th of what it was.
However, the best part of nuclear energy, is that only a very small fraction of the usable U235 is consumed. Although it would require expensive facilities, the used fuel can be reprocessed, and used again.. over and over again.. dozens of times. Such is the power of E=MC^2! Flag this | Edit this post |
| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=2967 | deimos47 (449) Jun 21, 2006 - 12:27 am
| SS Joe, please explain to us what her view is because I couldn't make out what it was all about.
As for those of you praising the newscaster... as a professional, a journalist, she is held to a higher stander. By name-calling and interrupting the reporter sank below crazy lady's level (who doesn't have any standard to uphold.. in fact by the jist of her rhetoric and claim she has 11 children, anything goes)
Who is the greater fool.. the fool, or the one who follows them.
Likewise, is the difficult to relate to (and perhaps misunderstood) lady the fool, or the reporter who condascends to the lady, yet uses her argument "strategy" of name calling and interrupting? Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=10767 | deimos47 (449) Jun 20, 2006 - 07:20 pm
| that "60fps thing" is vertical synchronization with your monitors refresh rate. Go into Doom3 video setting, and turn the "Vsync" option to "off".. congratulations, you're no longer constrained to 60fps!!
If on the other hand you meant the frequency at which physics is calculated, then there is nothing unusual about. To get things working consistently, its the only way to go. BF2 uses 100Hz physics, if I recall.
FYI: problems with time based physics... remember Q3. Depending on what your frame rate was, you could jump different heights, and different distances.. hmm.. not very fair to everyone, no? This has been exploited prodigously in Enemy Territory: ET PRO... and is called trick jumping. Flag this | Edit this post |
| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=2967 | deimos47 (449) Jun 20, 2006 - 07:15 pm
| Yeah, I couldn't really understand what the argument was about either. I heard some words like 'fa gs', 'bi mbo', 'sol dier' and a lot of 'Go d'. So, yeah, I dunno wahts going on... neither had opportunity to present their side.
If you are "humane" then you sympathize with your fellow human being, whoever that may be.. whether it is a black woman, a jewish boy, a school monitor, a pedaphiler, a soldier, his enemy in the gun sights, anybody and everybody. Everybody should be given equal opportunity to contribute to society, and treated with dignity and respect.
Oh, and yes, I am adamantly opposed to capital punishment... each and everyone in society shares a fraction of the guilt for pulling the switch. Prisons are to protect the public from people with malicious intent who cannot control themselves.. not to exact personal vengence. Flag this | Edit this post |
| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=2961 | deimos47 (449) Jun 20, 2006 - 09:02 am
| Actually the opposite is true. Civilian nuclear energy programs typically have nothing to do with nuclear weapons. Almost all of the ~30 countries with nuclear technology have signed Non-Proliferation-Treaty (most ellected not to pursue nuclear weapons, but could easily develop them in a few years), and are thus inspected by the International Atomic Agency.
However, US has signed by not ratified NPT. Despite global opposition, is developing missle defence shield, and worst of all, new bunker busting and replacement nuclear weapons, absolutely strictly forbidden. US has signed pact with Russia to vastly reduce nuclear weapon arsenal, but way behind in the process.. thus in posession in over 6000 nuclear bombs. Flag this | Edit this post |
| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=2961 | deimos47 (449) Jun 20, 2006 - 08:57 am
| Three Mile Island: 0 casualties.. although there was an accident, the containments systems prevented anything serious.
Charnobyl: 56 deaths.. and about 400 cases of thyroid cancer with 99% cure rate. There was no containment structure, the design was fundamentally flawed, and the operators forced a disasterous situation. Ofcourse it didn't help the government wasn't notified until about 36 hours later, and the hundreds of thousands of people in the area only found out days later from Western media.. already long exposed to radioactive isotopes in the air. Flag this | Edit this post |
| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=2961 | deimos47 (449) Jun 20, 2006 - 08:51 am
| Such a high dependency on fossil fuels is why US is adamantly opposed to signing Kyoto. Most countries in Europe wont have a problem. Germany is the world leader in wind power, and also has a considerable amount of nuclear reactors. Sweden extract hydrothermal energy, waste-energy high efficiency incinerators and ofcourse world-class performing nuclear reactors. Canada, thanks to its geography gets 60%+ of its electricity from hydroelectric dams, and about 15% nuclear. Brazil along with neighbouring Paraguay, have built huge dams, and also rely on nuclear energy. China is ramping up power from its world's biggest dam, but also planning to build up to 30 new reactors (and thats short-term only). Over 70% of France's energy comes from its nuclear reactor fleet, and supplies lots of energy to its neighbours like Italy. Because Japan is an island, and prefers not to be at the mercy of gas/oil/coal prices, also operates a large fleet of modern nuclear reactors. So as you see, many countries have long ago moves ahead with more advanced technologies, whereas the great US has fallen way behind, stuck in the dark ages.
Finally, a bit about '79 Three Mile Island. Largely publicized nuclear accident in US, that is cited as the cause why constuction of dozens of reactors never finished, and any future plans were abandoned. Coincidentally, this was within the same month as the sensational movie "China Syndrome" (about nuclear meltdown), and just a few years after the huge '74 oil crisis. Flag this | Edit this post |
| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=2961 | deimos47 (449) Jun 20, 2006 - 08:51 am
| Such a high dependency on fossil fuels is why US is adamantly opposed to signing Kyoto. Most countries in Europe wont have a problem. Germany is the world leader in wind power, and also has a considerable amount of nuclear reactors. Sweden extract hydrothermal energy, waste-energy high efficiency incinerators and ofcourse world-class performing nuclear reactors. Canada, thanks to its geography gets 60%+ of its electricity from hydroelectric dams, and about 15% nuclear. Brazil along with neighbouring Paraguay, have built huge dams, and also rely on nuclear energy. China is ramping up power from its world's biggest dam, but also planning to build up to 30 new reactors (and thats short-term only). Over 70% of France's energy comes from its nuclear reactor fleet, and supplies lots of energy to its neighbours like Italy. Because Japan is an island, and prefers not to be at the mercy of gas/oil/coal prices, also operates a large fleet of modern nuclear reactors. So as you see, many countries have long ago moves ahead with more advanced technologies, whereas the great US has fallen way behind, stuck in the dark ages.
Finally, a bit about '79 Three Mile Island. Largely publicized nuclear accident in US, that is cited as the cause why constuction of dozens of reactors never finished, and any future plans were abandoned. Coincidentally, this was within the same month as the sensational movie "China Syndrome" (about nuclear meltdown), and just a few years after the huge '74 oil crisis. Flag this | Edit this post |
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