Recent content by svenge

The only problem I see is people naively trying to extrapolate so-called naming "rules" that have historically applied solely to Intel's mainstream desktop CPU lines and blindly assign them to laptops. It's not like Intel is hiding the physical core counts on any given CPU, as they're...

Not true, AMD does have one standard before giving a monitor FreeSync certification: The check must clear the bank before any final sign-offs.

Agreed. It's funny how much the B-series chipsets get overlooked, despite having everything necessary for a stock-clocked CPU and a single GPU to run well at a significantly lower cost.

Don't forget about Joe "Overclocker's Dream" Macri over on their GPU side!

Are you seriously suggesting that the 290/X and 390/X are "completely different"? Whatever you're smoking, you really ought to stop lest you become even more incoherent than usual.

AMD is a rather poorly-run business as compared to its two primary rivals, you know. Remember that they set the MSRP for the rebadged 390/X line at ~$100 more than the then-prevailing retail price of its predecessor, so why couldn't history repeat itself yet again?

They were already disqualified by the first premise in my question.

But the question still remains: Who in their right mind would have bought a $100 cooler for an AMD system in the last decade (i.e. since C2D's 2006 debut) instead of funneling said funds into creating a much faster Intel system to begin with?

Unlike with impoverished criminal defendants, there's no such thing as free legal aid for indigent corporations launching baseless lawsuits. As such, you would be better served not popping your popcorn in anticipation of such a scenario.

And whose fault was it that AMD had to rely on GlobalFailures to begin with? As with the vast majority of their problems, this one was self-inflicted.

That's not how it works. When one mention sales without any additional qualifier, that always means revenue and not volume of units sold. It's a good thing that Arachnotronic called you on your BS, lest someone not familiar with your tactics take it at face value. I know times are tough for...

You're putting the cart before the horse, as the precise reason that AMD CPUs are "dirt cheap" is because the marketplace will not bear a higher price for them due to their abysmal performance. A classic illustration of performance dictating pricing independently of an OEM's wishes would be...

Perhaps their roadmaps were computer-designed, much like Bulldozer's transistor layout was... ;)

Wow, another pro-AMD post with cherry-picked data from csbin! Did anyone even know that Deserts of Kharak even existed before csbin decided to post it as the first chart (due to being perhaps the only game on the planet that AMD chips perform uncharacteristically well it)? Probably not...

Given AMD's current nose-down trajectory I'm surprised that they didn't go one further and just name it Hindenburg, as it consists primarily of hot air and will likely go down in flames. Threadcrapping is not allowed here Markfw900