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Lynnfield finally launches
Drew:
I was considering waiting, but I mean, look at those benchmarks. So awesome.
fohfoh:
AMD seems to be quite silent thus far. I swear they have something weird up their sleeve so far. Even if they go out, they're going to go out with a bang.
bloody000:
--- Quote from: fohfoh on September 09, 2009, 02:05:08 AM ---AMD seems to be quite silent thus far. I swear they have something weird up their sleeve so far. Even if they go out, they're going to go out with a bang.
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They are busy making dual-chip 12-core server processors(which I don't give a fuck about).
kureshii:
--- Quote from: Arveene on September 08, 2009, 08:39:48 PM ---So after looking at the benchmarks and headdesking repeatedly for about a day straight I've realized something. 5 months would have been a long wait for me, and I can at least look forward to Gulftown and beyond. It'll be interesting to see how each line evolves for 1156 and 1366.
Luckily for me SLI + being able to overclock easily are pluses for me. So after stepping away from the benchmarks and looking at my situation, the 1366 i7 was a better choice for me.
As for AMD, they don't stand a chance. Unless they have something really big up their sleeve, they can't compete. Intel is unloading their 45nm stuff because of the switch to 32nm next year. Sure, the Phenom II x4 965 is nice and all, but against the new Lynnfields I'm not really sure it can compete very well at it's current price. It'll need at least a price drop.
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LOL, I doubt 16 lanes of PCI-e will ever be enough for you ;)
kyanwan:
I have a major problem with your post. I'll place my correction below:
--- Quote from: kureshii on September 08, 2009, 12:52:44 PM ---I'm still hoping hard that AMD fights back with something good. Intel's been improving at a tremendous rate since their embarrassing Prescott days, and this really shows in their power consumption numbers. AMD, on the other hand, has been rather stagnant completely and totally dead on the R&D front. At this rate, AMD's going to have to drop the prices on their already-cheap processors even lower (yay for us!), but I fear Intel will soon gain market monopoly on the higher-end range without any decent competition (uhuu). I like good performance from processors, but I like low prices as well, and the lack of a comparable high-end competitor is cause for worry.
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If AMD keeps dropping the ball like this - or should I say, running the other way when the ball is thrown in their corner ...
We're going to have a mid-90s style CPU market - where you got Intel, or nothing. It sucked. Intel will start setting the price to whatever they damn well please - if you don't like it - well, hah, there's the competition there for you. AH HA! Exactly - what competition? Here's your Intel.
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