Re: Quad-Core CPU - Intel or AMD
Posted: 2009-09-16 01:22am
I stand corrected.
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Oh well I run lots of heavy computing tasks on both Opterons and Xeon servers, most of which I wrote myself using inline assembler for the most compute intensive parts, and in my experience the AMD chips are totally awesome. Since that's first hand experience vs your second hand experience I win!Count Chocula wrote:From what I understand, my IT guy's perspective on it was not higher processing speed benchmarks, but his own experience on the stability of AMD vs. Intel quad cores with 64-bit systems in both standalone and network configurations. In his words, the Intel cores run Vista, 64bit XP, 64bit Office and CAD programs faster and are more stable. Intel's processors seem to handle multithreading tasks better than AMD's cores, despite AMD's faster benchmark speeds.
Microsoft software always starts awful, so the appropriate question would be 'when did IIS stop being crap?'phongn wrote:Since when was IIS crap?
Starglider wrote:Microsoft software always starts awful, so the appropriate question would be 'when did IIS stop being crap?'
Supposedly the Alpha port was maintained until about 2000 (when Compaq abandoned it).Meanwhile Microsoft discontinued NT for PPC back in 1997.
Are you kidding? Changing themes is usually the first thing I do. Most shee^H^H^H^H users, however, do not know how to. There is this little something called "working out of the box", which traditionally Microsoft has been very, very bad at, and shows very little sign of really changing soon.Stark wrote:ITT we learn Crayz9000 can't change themes.
Yeah, there's that too...That said Win7 explodes a little bit when you change themes.
Cue 'OMG TEH TASKBAR IS RUINZ' discussion.
PS why doesn't Win7 have an expose button? way better than 'giant annoying preview' function.
Having just praised the i5, I'd note that AMD just launched the Athlon II X4 for $99. A (reasonably fast) quad core processor... for under $100. It works with cheap AM3 motherboards too, so if you are making a budget PC (<$300 not including monitor) that's probably unbeatable value.Crayz9000 wrote:Oh, right, Intel vs AMD. Go for whichever one gives you a better deal...
Probably true for 'mainstream' desktops, but a little less so for the i5 now that the (main) PCI-Express interface is on the CPU, not the chipset. When CPUs with integrated GPUs start coming out next year, the scope for performance/reliability impact from the chipset will decline even further.frankly, I've been finding that the most critical thing in most systems now is the mainboard. Make sure you get a good one, with a reliable chipset and one that's not skimping on features.