Um Hayes, they are doing that.
reference: Merom, Conroe, Woodcrest
64bit 65nm chips due in the middle of '06, 14 stage pipelines, 2-3Ghz
clocks, 4-issue dispatch! (A64s are 3 issue, G5s are 3+branch, P4's
are 2-issue)
Pentium M is P3 derived, and lacks the 64bitness, rather that futz
aro
It's very clear that intel has abandoned trying to get better performance
per mhz out of each core for both the desktop and server - and instead
trying to max out the supporting cast of interconnects, busses, and other
I/O. The new Xeon's that intel is touting are nothing more than shrunken
cor
Brutal. This locks it for me, just a matter of deciding which X2 to get.
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From: "CW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 8:43 AM
Subject: [H] -LO- CNet does a test workout: Dual Core AMD vs. Dual Core
Intel
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-1044
One of the comments mentioned that NForce SLI consistently under-performed with Intel chips. Of course, as with people that usually make those statements, he left no link for verification. Is this true or is the comparison as shown, correct? My tendency would be to go with NForce over Intel (th
