Feature rich CPU or performance

[ahock]

It seems that since Intel cannot dethrone AMD in performance crown, they are now opting to add more features in their platform....which from recent IDF seems to have a lot of promises. Do you guys tend to buy CPU moreof features than performance or just performance? I have check some chipsets features and seems that none of them offers a complete one as compared to Intel. Meaning VIA has NCQ but NVIDIA dont but NVIDIA have some technology which VIA dont have.

With Virtualization is nearing plus on the server side Intel will be releasing I/O AT, IAMT virtualization plus the RAS and hotplug features, do you think by this Intel is somehow competitive with AMD? what do you think?

Lastly, when will AMD be releasing its Opteron with RAS, Pacifica?

 

[Jeff7181]

I don't think benchmarks and performance crowns have anything to do with why Intel is adding new features.

 

[exar333]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
I don't think benchmarks and performance crowns have anything to do with why Intel is adding new features.

agreed, more features are good for marketing

 

[Aenslead]

Well, I do beleive that more features on processors are due to the lack of capacity to stay competitive on the performance arena.

A perfect example is the 6xx Pentium 4 series... they wanted to make it look flashier adding functions and cache, and what not... but its simply because they couldn't keep up that they had to use features to "stay competitive".

 

[uOpt]

Most features, in particular SSE and the like, are actually only for performance.

Dual-core and x86-64 are real feature but both AMD and Intel have them by now.

 

[BlingBlingArsch]

if u need the features, buy them.