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Toast Museum posted:Tech-wise, what would Intel gain from buying AMD? GPU know-how seems like the big thing, but what about on the CPU side? How to screw up their per-core performance. I'd love to give AMD a try, but ever since I started building my computers, Intel's had the best bang-for-buck in the enthusiast segment.
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Jan 4, 2014 20:19
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What architecture was the old Atom based on? And the new one? And more importantly, does the new Atom have that nifty hardware support for fast AES?
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Jan 6, 2014 00:13
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Shaocaholica posted:Hmm. Back in school I was able to play back 720p offline h.264 on it although they were circa 2006 720p encodes. If you're watching anime, the 10 bit ~future~ will demolish that CPU. Normal, 8 bit h264 should work if it's low bitrate.
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Feb 10, 2014 04:58
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Shaocaholica posted:Not to derail this thread but where is all this 10bit anime coming from? Are studios releasing 10bit blurays already? I always thought that 8bit was deemed enough for the consumer and any extra bits would probably go towards compression/4k and not bit depth. Is there even a consumer 10bit signalling standard to go from Bluray > HDMI > TV? It's purely due to benefits to compression and image quality, specifically banding. There are no 10 bit sources or displays, basically. Anime encoder Diaz did a whole thing on why if you Google it, and he's a lot more versed than me.
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Feb 10, 2014 06:28
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This makes me wonder just how much of a difference my two most recent computers are. C2D e6750 @ ....3.5ghz? I can't even remember. Compared to my 2600k @ 4.5ghz. Hell, how does my 2600k compare to whatever the latest processors are?
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Feb 20, 2014 06:17
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Alereon posted:The 45nm C2Ds were a lot better, the originals were often paired with P4 chipsets and slow DDR2 and that was not a good combination. A 4-series chipset with AHCI support and DDR2 800+ is in a much better position today. Was the e6750 one of them? I think it was a 65nm...
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Feb 22, 2014 04:14
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12MB? drat. I think the 2600k only has 8MB.
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Feb 22, 2014 06:37
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...It looks like the only difference is the slightly higher clock speed.
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Mar 4, 2014 16:38
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canyoneer posted:14nm is about ~30 silicon atoms laid end to end I wonder how much engineering they had to do to deal with quantum effects at that level...
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Mar 5, 2014 17:44
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So is it just lack of competition from AMD that's making it not worth upgrading CPUs these days? Is it the lack of software needs? I mean, my 2600k and radeon 6870s still do spectacularly.
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Apr 24, 2014 05:52
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Any news in the low-power world of the Atom? AMD just released some info on chips designed to compete with the current set of Atoms and seem to be doing so favorably. With the world of high end being pretty much stagnant, I'm finding myself more and more interested in how powerful and powersipping my Windows tablets can be.
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Apr 29, 2014 06:56
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carry on then posted:I'm not convinced this is entirely a bad thing considering the longevity of any one PC build these days. The reason for that, regarding gaming at least, is that it's been tied to consoles for ever.
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May 2, 2014 04:38
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sincx posted:I think it's sad that the days of getting significant processing gains from upgrading every 2-3 years is over. I hear you. Even upgrading a GPU is almost questionable at this stage.
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May 25, 2014 08:14
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Agreed posted:Well, what the gently caress am I going to do with a couple of suddenly last-gen parts? Build a computer only marginally less capable?
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Jun 3, 2014 18:14
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Never buy and then don't build a computer, it's the dumbest feeling. gently caress you too, bad back.
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cisco privilege posted:I'm not really feeling let down by my 2600K. It's nice having a ~3-year-old PC where the only upgrade I've wanted is the GPU. I did get a bigger SSD though as the 128GB 830 was feeling a little cramped. I can't even do that. Dual 6870s are still really good.
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Jun 9, 2014 15:14
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FormatAmerica posted:Unfortunately Kerbal Space Program is one of them Emulation, too.
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Jun 18, 2014 05:48
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r0ck0 posted:But then you lose half of the resale value. People resell computer parts?
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Jun 19, 2014 18:57
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MaxxBot posted:The two main languages are VHDL and Verilog, with the latter being more popular I believe. I've done a fair amount of Verilog and it's not too bad, the syntax is sort of similar to C. VHDL is the devil.
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Jun 20, 2014 05:03
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I have a 2600k at 4.5Ghz. I couldn't justify an upgrade either, ended up just getting a solid state drive. CPUs haven't really improved too much in terms of performance since 2010. (If you want an appreciable upgrade get a solid state drive. It's ludicrous)
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Jul 25, 2014 01:03
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1gnoirents posted:Anybody pre ordering? Architecture is vastly different, it wouldn't even run Crysis. 
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Aug 8, 2014 03:26
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Agreed posted:Big picture horrible, small picture "still pretty much completely satisfied with my 2600K setup, just waiting on it to croak to put the pre-refresh Haswell bits together and that'll probably last another several years" - I know that Processors Are loving Hard but still, that seems a rather vital feature to just screw the pooch on. Wow. Tell me about it. I looked at potentially building a new computer. Turns out, if I wanted better performance, I'd have to drop 800 bucks or something stupid to get more cores and slightly worse single-core performance. Or spend 500 bucks on a flagship GPU. Or 300 on faster, larger RAM. In the end, the only way to upgrade a PC build from 2010 without taking out a loan was...to get a SSD. Now I have no idea what to do. Nothing anywhere seems worth it. We live in weird times.
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Aug 13, 2014 08:06
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HalloKitty posted:That's fantastic, though, because you can save money and spend it on something else. Er, I've got a 2600k I've OC'd to about 4.5GHz. So I lied, I got my stuff summer of 2011. Sorry about that.
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Aug 13, 2014 08:53
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Intel CPU and Platform Discussion: BluRay Conglomerate and DRM Apologist Discussion
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Oct 8, 2014 07:03
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I really want that so I can have a rock-solid Linux host for real things and a high-powered gaming Windows client for, uh, gaming.
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Jun 11, 2015 04:20
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Jun 17, 2015 00:42
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Wintering Stinkbug posted:I picked up an atom powered low end notebook today. When did atom stop being terrible? Somewhat recently. It allowed for a deluge of great little net/not/notebooks, windows tablets, and transformers like my kickass Asus T100. I've always loved the form factor and now it's even useable. God bless our strange, power efficient age.
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Jun 23, 2015 06:40
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Panty Saluter posted:Boy, autism really is hard to live with. I dunno, he seems pretty happy in the video. Plus he can afford to play with so much ram.
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Jun 28, 2015 15:19
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Welmu posted:Cannonlake delayed 6 months, will launch in the latter half of 2017 according to Mr Krzanich. Is this the same delay that brought us Kaby Lake and they're just late in reporting it?
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Jul 17, 2015 18:50
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PC LOAD LETTER posted:That was the reason given but AMD has been able to do pretty well with 'regular' sockets for quite a long time now so I'm not sure how necessary it really was to do it. Given AMD's current state and performance I'm not sure I'd say they were doing fine with their current sockets.
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Jul 18, 2015 15:19
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BobHoward posted:Nobody said the gains were ginormous. And while one can't say for certain what's going on without inside information, it's been rather obvious for many years that AMD can't afford to do everything it needs to do. What goes on the chopping block first? Minor features. Ones where it isn't immediate death-of-the-company type stuff if you don't have them. LGA is in that category. Death by a thousand feature cuts?
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Jul 28, 2015 08:05
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kujeger posted:then compare performance/watt, which has gotten a lot better? I think the point is in reasonable raw day to day performance, a metric that most enthusiasts care far more about than saving pennies on an electrical bill.
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Aug 3, 2015 17:37
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Twerk from Home posted:Performance / watt has enabled modern laptops to become what they are. It's pretty incredible, especially as gaming workloads have consistently remained 100% GPU limited. Not arguing that, my t100 is great. But most enthusiasts do their heavy lifting on their towers, not on a more expensive, less able laptop. So again, that's not the metric enthusiasts particularly care for.
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Aug 3, 2015 17:48
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Skandranon posted:Physics is a bitch. Until we can figure out an entirely new mode of computing, we'll have to focus on parallelizing our work instead of just making one really fast core. Cheap space travel would be nice too, but it turns out, it is actually REALLY HARD. Not arguing against that truth either. go3 posted:enthusiasts are pretty irrelevant so i'm not particularly sure why Intel should be catering to them Or that.
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Grundulum posted:Basic question: I see the term IPC thrown around a lot here. That means "instructions per cycle", right? So a 25% gain in IPC means that even if clock speeds are equal one chip is still faster than the other? It means a processor can handle that many instructions per cycle. "Powerful" is vague as poo poo in computer terms; a processor with a higher IPC but less complex or efficient instructions won't beat a processor with a bit less IPC but more powerful or efficient instructions. Also, there's a sort of irony in dissing on the word "powerful" then using it immediately afterward 
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Aug 6, 2015 08:04
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Anime Schoolgirl posted:
DMA is definitely not new or useless when properly implemented.
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Aug 17, 2015 17:00
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Who the gently caress thought that was a good idea for anything you can just plug in?
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Nintendo Kid posted:No they really don't. They're very robust designs. What the hell have you done with your microUSB ports? Most of my friends and family have encountered this, and several of my cables just don't work without pressure despite decent treatment. Anecdotal, sure, but worrisome. Usually it's the cable that goes bad, but a friend and my father just had to get new phones due to shoddy connections in the port.
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Aug 18, 2015 16:08
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Don Lapre posted:Just use wireless charging and stop plugging poo poo in. I would but I don't know if this hundred dollar sticker and charger will work in my otterbox.
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Aug 18, 2015 16:27
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I think unironically that a phone running full Windows would not be a terrible device and, with a little tweaking, would be awesome. My Windows Tablet is pretty sweet, and I already use a Note 3 which is practically a tablet I can put in my pocket. If my desktop fit in my pocket too...
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Remember when trying to future proof a computer was a fool's errand? What a weird time we live in.
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