Intel finally beats AMD at everything!!

[Crescent13]

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Omg. I never thought I'd see the day.

EDIT: Oops, sorry, it's a repost

 

[DotheDamnTHing]

impressive

 

[alcoholbob]

Hmm, but doesn't the Intel system use RAM thats clocked 70% higher?

Also, two of the benchmarks--UT2K4 and Quake4--are benchmarks Intel tends to win regardless, even when comparing an AMD and Intel processor with wide apparent clockspeed differential.

I'd like to see a wide range of tests on other games to see if the Conroe really has an advantage or if its just the "Pentium select" titles again.

As for Office productivity, yes, AMD will never challenge Intel, even before Conroe. Part of it is design philosophy (focus on FP-centric designs) and part of it is optimization--office programs optimized for Pentium chipsets.

Knowing this, *I* and many others mainly bought AMD for gaming. If Conroe can challenege AMD on a full gaming gamut, then it has a true advantage. Half Life 2 might be the only legit benchmark on that test, as we all know how RAM dependant Fear is and how fast framerates can double on that one ancillary part alone.

 

[NaOH]

I hope prices for pc3200 is going to go down.

 

[atybimf]

When is Conroe coming out? Prices?

 

[InlineFour]

i don't think it's fair to compare AMD with a new generation of intel processors.

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: InlineFour
i don't think it's fair to compare AMD with a new generation of intel processors.

well...AMD doesnt really have anything new out besides AM2, which is scarce to begin with.

its just like comparing the 7800GTX 256MB against the X850XTPE like last summer. it was kind of unfair to ati, but they had nothing at that time.

 

[Goi]

Finally intel's back in the game, the first time since the P4 Northwood

Glad to have some competition in the market again...the CPU industry has pretty much stagnated performance wise for the last 2 years or so. If my 2 year old Newcastle@2.5GHz is still not obsolete now, there's something wrong