Quoting cyrano:

Computer Geniuses!

Where are you?

Quoting kai:

Damn I'm a genius when it comes to computers (accordingly) ...this was one question I could have actually answered if I was here!

Quoting cyrano:

Could you please give me some info about "AMD" processors? Little so I know about intel pentium ones, I don't know an iota of AMD processors. If you match and compare, in terms of performance and quality, few AMD processors with the most similar ones of intel processors I would be grateful. For example, what is or may be the closest and/or similar AMD match of the following?

Intel pentium 4 533, 3.0GHz, 800 MHz, 1 MB, 64/32 bit

What are, for instance, those AMD Athlon-64 / Athlon-64 FX / Athlon X2 -things?

Many thanks in advance again.

Quoting kai:

Errrr ok Cyrano you have to be joking right? there is looooooooooooooooooads about AMD processors I would be hear all night. would it be ok if I just sent you a few links instead?

Quoting cyrano:

aslan2 - teşekkür ederim. Ben de benzer şeyler duydum, daha doğrusu okuyorum dünden beri. Genel kanı AMD işlemcilerin görece daha ucuz ve iyi oldukları yönünde. Peki, rica etsem, bir Intel ile bir AMD işlemciyi karşılaştırabilir misin fikir vermesi açısından? Dikkat ettim, kimi AMD işlemcilerin, belirli bir fiyat aralığında, hızı 2 veya 2.2Ghz dolaylarında seyrederken aynı fiyat fiyat aralığında intel işlemcilerin hızı 3 veya 3.2Ghz dolaylarında seyrediyor. Ben eşleştirmeyi yanlış yapıyor olabilirim. Bu nedenle bir karşılaştırma görebilmem iyi olurdu.

Bir şey daha- anakartların tanıtımında, örneğin, "DDR2-800 Dual" yeralıyor. Bunun, ilgili anakartın 800 MHz'lik DDR2 bellek kartlarıyla çalışır demeye geldiğini biliyorum, sormak istediğim, sözgelimi "667, 533" MHz'lik belleklerle de çalışır mı? Çünkü, bir başka anakartın tanıtımında şÃ¶yle bir şey yer alıyordu: "DDR2 800/667/533/400 MHz"

Tekrar teşekkürler.

Quoting cyrano:

Quoting cyrano:

Thank you so much, kai. On one hand, I appreciated your help and on the other, I admired your genius.

Marry me?

Quoting kai:

J'accepte votre proposition de mariage

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Intel's Quad-Core CPU (codenamed Kentsfield) Arrives...and Delivers
11.02.06

Intel pops two Core 2 chips into a single package, shipping the first quad-core CPU for desktop PCs. Can four CPU cores find a home in your PC? We put the new QX6700 on the test bench to find out.

By Loyd Case

Intel shipped the Core 2 Duo line of processors back in July, sending a shock wave through the PC industry. Almost overnight, performance enthusiasts who had been singing the praises of Athlon 64 X2 CPUs changed their tune. Today, message boards are full of posts bragging about how they pushed their E6300 CPUs to over 3GHz. It's hard to believe that at the start of 2006, Intel seemed like an also-ran in the CPU market.

Today, it's AMD that's struggling. Once seen as lean and swift compared to the aging Intel juggernaut, AMD is now looking somewhat anemic. The Sunnyvale, California CPU company isn't giving up the fight easily, however. AMD slashed prices of its own processors line when Intel launched Core 2, and the typical AMD system tends to be somewhat less expensive—if also lower-performing—than similarly configured Intel Core 2 systems. But price cuts have hurt AMD's margins, and the last thing the company wants is to become a second-tier supplier, as it was back in the days when it was perceived only as a second source for Intel-compatible CPUs.

Intel still has something of the killer instinct it once had, that paranoia that ex-CEO Andy Grove proclaimed frequently. So today, Intel is launching the Core 2 Extreme Q6700 quad-core processor. Built using two Core 2 Duo dies, the QX6700 is essentially two dual-core CPUs in a single package. This allows it to look like a single processor, which is important for operating system licensing. Microsoft counts the sockets, not the number of cores, in Windows licensing.

We built a system using the QX6700 to see if two additional cores can really make a difference. The answer, as you might imagine, is mixed. In some apps, it makes a huge difference. In other applications, you'd barely notice.