Recent content by Tanclearas

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    So, where's the Intel monopoly?

    Honestly wasn't trying to be cunning. I did mention IGP in my post but it was left out of the desktop filter because it didn't change the desktop filter. The appeal of IGP and a desktop system with an additional discrete graphics card (and other discrete cards) rather than a laptop is in...
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    So, where's the Intel monopoly?

    VT-d is PCI passthrough. Assigning PCI hardware directly to specific VM's isn't exactly useful on laptops vs desktop with several integrated devices and several expansion slots. Assigning specific hard drives to specific VM's or using RAID isn't exactly realistic on a laptop unless you are...
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    So, where's the Intel monopoly?

    Intel offers good value for the money... The monopoly exists not in what Intel is offering, but rather in what they are not offering. This has been posted a few times, but I really don't think it's understood. Intel is stripping features from CPU's even if it doesn't really make sense...
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    So, where's the Intel monopoly?

    Bingo. Intel is artificially restricting many aspects of their chips for the sole reason that there is no competition. Another element to the K/IGP issue is VT-d. You have to upgrade to the K to get the better IGP, but none of the K models have VT-d. If you believe we're not suffering right...
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    Ask AMD about BD?

    A8's power usage as "mere quads" isn't entirely accurate. They are quads with integrated GPU. A four-core Llano, with GPU, is 228mm^2. Take away the GPU, PCIe connections, display connections, and UVD, and the size is reduced by slightly more than half. Add in the additional cores, some L3...
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    Ask AMD about BD?

    This. I was thinking something similar. There were improvements made to the Phenom II/Athlon II core with Llano. http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/399?vs=122 Taking out the two Sysmark results that are "wonky" (one is extremely in favour of the old core while another is extremely in...
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    In defense of "Bulldozer"

    This is one of the most ridiculous replies I've ever seen. You have smoked way too much my friend. There aren't more "real" cores versus six-core parts. VT-d is available on PhII, so I have that already without having to switch to BD. There is no way you will get "2-3 more pure VM boxes" out...
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    In defense of "Bulldozer"

    I have to echo sentiments that defending BD is wasted effort. I am probably one of the few enthusiasts where my particular enthusiastic interest is one that BD might do well at (running virtual machines), and even I am going to take a pass on BD. I haven't really searched out reviews where they...
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    Some more BD benchmarks

    Many of us have given up on that ridiculously long thread with mostly off-topic rants.
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    Sandy Bridge-E VT-d Virtualization broken w/C1 stepping

    Actually, as I recall, there was speculation that Hyper-Threading was physically present on Conroe (and subsequent Core2 processors), but was disabled because it negatively affected performance. It is completely reasonable to disable features that don't work properly.
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    Sandy Bridge-E VT-d Virtualization broken w/C1 stepping

    It is absolutely not reasonable for Intel to throw a huge amount of inventory in the garbage because a very tiny group of users would be affected by disabling the feature affected by the bug. Once again, VT-d is only one of the virtualization features of Intel's chips, and not all...
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    Sandy Bridge-E VT-d Virtualization broken w/C1 stepping

    The description of what VT-d is exactly is blown a little out of proportion. It's not that ALL virtualization capabilities are not present. In fact, VT-d isn't even an option in some of the original Sandy Bridge models, although they still supported VT-x...
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    what is a "ramp issue"?

    There are various issues that pop up with a new process. "Yield" is an issue related to each wafer. "Ramping" is related to the entire production. You can have very high yield (99.9%), but only be able to produce 1000 wafers per month for several months in a row due to other production...
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    September 22nd ETA for AMD FX processors

    <opens fortune cookie> You are going to be very disappointed.
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    What's AMD doing on sep. 12th?

    Developer Central? Cocktails? Uh-oh! http://xkcd.com/323/