- Oct 2, 2007
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I waited a long time for Haswell. I'm on a Q9450. This was supposed to be the big kahoonah. Amazing CPU increase, amazing GPU increase.
Huge letdown, for me, of Bulldozer proportions.
I was a fan of the A10 as I feel it's the way to go overall (little less CPU power, but more than my Q9450 which is still fast in my book and has a great GPU for a backup).
Now I'm still a fan of the A10 5800K. The current A10 and beyond are the ticket. The Kaveri refresh is the most exciting thing going on.
I'm still reviewing what Intel has (or more appropriately, doesn't have...) and might build a replacement for the Q9450 rig with Haswell.. but I use USB 3.0 and the USB3 bug with Haswell is the nail in the coffin. All 3 major consoles being on AMD is another nail about to be hammered.
Here's to the A6/A8/A10 series (glad that finally got a decent naming scheme, another thing they have on Intel). Looking forward to Kaveri.
After reviewing this, I don't believe there's any more meaningful discussion to be had; the only thing that can happen from here is flames. The point has been made, so it will remain closed.
-ViRGE
Huge letdown, for me, of Bulldozer proportions.
I was a fan of the A10 as I feel it's the way to go overall (little less CPU power, but more than my Q9450 which is still fast in my book and has a great GPU for a backup).
Now I'm still a fan of the A10 5800K. The current A10 and beyond are the ticket. The Kaveri refresh is the most exciting thing going on.
I'm still reviewing what Intel has (or more appropriately, doesn't have...) and might build a replacement for the Q9450 rig with Haswell.. but I use USB 3.0 and the USB3 bug with Haswell is the nail in the coffin. All 3 major consoles being on AMD is another nail about to be hammered.
Here's to the A6/A8/A10 series (glad that finally got a decent naming scheme, another thing they have on Intel). Looking forward to Kaveri.
After reviewing this, I don't believe there's any more meaningful discussion to be had; the only thing that can happen from here is flames. The point has been made, so it will remain closed.
-ViRGE
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