AMD Dragon platform cracks 7GHz OC...video

[Viditor]

http://www.youtube.com/user/AMDUnprocessed

Just a fun little marketing video with a decent sound track.

 

[jvroig]

Cool vid. The fanboys in the comments, though :\ Well, at least it was in an AMD channel, so I guess all things are still in the right place

 

[dguy6789]

The text before the video is unbelievably tacky :/

 

[Idontcare]

AMD FTW!!! YOU ARE SPARTA!!!!!!!!!!!

Wasn't Sparta absolutely obliterated in the subsequent war? How is that "for the win"? So funny.

 

[jvroig]

@IDC: Yes, despite their supposed perfect abs (so says the movie), the Spartans were pretty much annihilated. I like AMD myself, but sometimes I just have to shake my head and wonder if fanboys (like that particular one with that gem of a quote) are really twelve years old or younger. Lesson to parents: if you don't watch what your kids are doing on the internet, they could be collecting porn - or worse, they could become pathetic, insane, whiny fanboys. Parents, listen: only YOU can stop dumbassery.

 

[zmatt]

The text before the video is unbelievably tacky :/

Agreed, they made it sound like a history lesson.

 

[Zstream]

@IDC: Yes, despite their supposed perfect abs (so says the movie), the Spartans were pretty much annihilated. I like AMD myself, but sometimes I just have to shake my head and wonder if fanboys (like that particular one with that gem of a quote) are really twelve years old or younger. Lesson to parents: if you don't watch what your kids are doing on the internet, they could be collecting porn - or worse, they could become pathetic, insane, whiny fanboys. Parents, listen: only YOU can stop dumbassery.

Are you really thinking that way or just sarcastic? Grow up, it was a frigging marketing video

 

[Fayd]

Wasn't Sparta absolutely obliterated in the subsequent war? How is that "for the win"? So funny.

huh?

they lost at the battle of thermopylae due to overwhelming odds, but they won at the battle of platea.

the persian conquest in the region was ended with that.

if you're referring to their battle with athens, that's hardly absolutely obliterated. both they and athens were mostly destroyed by their war.

 

[Tristicus]

That's amazazing.

 

[Idontcare]

huh?

they lost at the battle of thermopylae due to overwhelming odds, but they won at the battle of platea.

the persian conquest in the region was ended with that.

if you're referring to their battle with athens, that's hardly absolutely obliterated. both they and athens were mostly destroyed by their war.

Your right, Sparta FTW. Not sure what I was thinking.

Which modern country is Sparta? I forget.

 

[sandorski]

hehe, pretty cool(no pun intended).

I rue the day Hollywood sees something like this though and makes a Hacker character who thwarts 1024(or some ridiculous figure) Encryption through extreme Overclocking, Pizza Pops, Jolt Cola, and blaring Music. I rue it!!!!!

 

[classy]

Sick. Totally cool, no pun intended

 

[Hyperlite]

Favorite comment:

AMD needs to support multicore technology if it wants to beat Intel.

duuuuuuuuuuuuuurr

 

[sandorski]

Favorite comment:


duuuuuuuuuuuuuurr

hehe, truly sad and complete Fail on that comment. IIRC, and I think I do, when AMD introduced Multicore to the PC many thought it was a big mistake. Support it indeed!

 

[Martimus]

Wasn't Sparta absolutely obliterated in the subsequent war? How is that "for the win"? So funny.

The Spartans won that war. They just lost the battle. They obliterated the Persians in that war.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae

 

[daw123]

Your right, Sparta FTW. Not sure what I was thinking.

Which modern country is Sparta? I forget.

Sparta still exists (southern part of Greece):
http://www.sparta.net/listingview.php?listingID=10

 

[nyker96]

cool over 7Ghz is no small feat.

 

[n7]

Damn i wish i was a professional overclocker...

 

[Arkaign]

While interesting, these psycho exotic cooling OC's are pretty pointless overall, like when they took that P4 to 7ghz about 4 years ago.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/7GHz-Pentium-6202.shtml

lame.

 

[Idontcare]

Sparta still exists (southern part of Greece):
http://www.sparta.net/listingview.php?listingID=10

Rome still exists too...I guess rumors of the Roman Empire's demise were overblown as well.

At any rate I was specifically referring to the 300 soldiers, all of whom were obliterated in the version of the historic battle that was impressed upon me in school. Sparta does not exist today as a sovereign nation.

I had no idea my one comment regarding the irony of associating Sparta == AMD == FTW given the demise of Sparta would spark such a fact hunting "I call BS" backlash.

 

[jvroig]

Are you really thinking that way or just sarcastic? Grow up, it was a frigging marketing video

The marketing video is cool I was referring to the comments.

 

[Stas]

Damn i wish i was a professional overclocker...

Things are really getting ridiculous in PC community. First "professional gamers", now "professional overclockers"... I mean, come on, what's next - professional email checkers, online shoppers, search users, application installers... oh, here's a good one - professional Windows updates installers (those leet haxors that click "Restart" after auto updates).

 

[Idontcare]

If there is money to be made in doing it, and advertising/marketing budgets pretty much ensures that part becomes true, then there will be individuals who make a living off it being a pro at it.

It was only a matter of time before advertisers/marketeers figured out they could buy themselves some recognition by sponsoring this sport. From BMX to skateboards, if people find it fun to do in their backyards and neighborhood streets then big business will find you and exploit your hobby.

It is a sign that we have grown up, and we aren't any less special than all those other childhood sports you use to play that are now big business for ad sponsors.

 

[dguy6789]

Things are really getting ridiculous in PC community. First "professional gamers", now "professional overclockers"... I mean, come on, what's next - professional email checkers, online shoppers, search users, application installers... oh, here's a good one - professional Windows updates installers (those leet haxors that click "Restart" after auto updates).

Professional gaming isn't anything like the other categories you named it next to. It's plenty serious and very well organized. There is no difference between gaming and sports in terms of how legitimately someone could play it professionally. They are exactly the same.

 

[William Gaatjes]

What is the use if it cannot be used 24/7 ?
Or not being reliably that you can turn it on for 24 hours of calculations ?

When it runs steady 24/7 then i am amazed.