Recent content by Rash-Un-Al

This, too, may be an optimistic guess. :) For example, DDR3 has been with us since 2007... and it wasn't until 2014 that the first motherboards supported DDR4... 7 years. There's little doubt that technology and motherboard features will continue to progress. However, one who purchases an...

What I'm surprised to see missing... in virtually all reviews across the web... is any discussion (by a publication or its readers) on the AM4 platform's longevity and upgradability (in addition to its cost, which is readily discussed). Any Intel Platform - is almost guaranteed to not...

What I'm surprised to see missing... in virtually all reviews across the web... is any discussion (by a publication or its readers) on the AM4 platform's longevity and upgradability (in addition to its cost, which is readily discussed). Any Intel Platform - is almost guaranteed to not...

What I'm surprised to see missing... in virtually all reviews across the web... is any discussion (by a publication or its readers) on the AM4 platform's longevity and upgradability (in addition to its cost, which is readily discussed). Any Intel Platform - is almost guaranteed to not...

Agreed. January 8, 2009 is when the channel is expected to have stock.

AMD’s performance projections concerning Phenom were fairly spot-on. The issue rested in the fact many consumers had a hard time converting AMD’s quad-core projections to per-core, same-clock advantages over the K8 architecture and that launch speeds were far below what was expected. And, to...

Actually, on average (across a large suite of applications), current Phenoms are at an 8-9% disadvantage when compared with Core 2 at the same clock. AMD has stated, at 3.0 GHz, a Phenom II will be 30-40% faster than the current fastest Phenom at 2.6 GHz. Let’s take the conservative...

I can’t blame you… especially considering it will only require – at most – a BIOS update. If close to 4 GHz on air with 10-15% higher instructions-per-clock (IPC) is as claimed, Phenom II will be an instant hit - especially considering it is widely considered as having slightly better IPC and...

The 3.0 GHz AM3 Phenom II will not be available until April 2009. Phenom II X4 945 Black Edition -- 3.0 GHz, 8 MB, Deneb, Socket AM3, April 2009 Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition -- 3.0 GHz, 8 MB, Deneb, Socket AM2+, on January, 2009 Phenom II X4 925 -- 2.8 GHz, 8 MB, Deneb, Socket AM3...

HD 4850 with 2GB of Memory Here is an interesting review of an HD 4850 with not 1GB, but 2GB of memory… … for those of you who hoped more than 512MB would increase the 48xx series' performance. http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-4850-2-gb-gddr3-review/1 No Surprise.

Very interesting editorial… I invite you to take the following into consideration: GTX 280/260 cards have additional clocking and driver optimization potential. However, 48xx cards do, as well (especially when future "unlocked" 4870 variants will result in dramatic core and mammoth DDR5...

Folks, Let's try to keep things in perspective. K8 and K10 (and apparently K10.5) don't do particularly well in SuperPi, when compared to Conroe/Kentsfield or Wolfdale/Yorkfield. This is perhaps the worst possible way to compare the Green and Blue teams. For example, it only takes a...

Good observation... as pointed out in the other (ealier) Bloomflield thread, the increases in performance are nowhere near the same for each application... we are currently speaking in terms of average gains, based upon the article's aforementioned "23% faster" claim. I would imagine this is...

I'm with you on that… although, Intel has little choice but to pit their best against AMD's best… and AMD's best happens to be the Phenom X4 9950. Considering the X4 9950's operating speed is 2.6 GHz (and not 2.66 GHz), the IPC advantage Bloomfield (at the same speed) has over it is slightly...

Actually, not quite, as I discovered and pointed out earlier... (Note: Yorkfield is only about 6% faster than Kentsfield)