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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
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To: Elmer Phud who wrote (151465)2/23/2005 1:36:59 AM
From: Gary HoyerRead Replies (2) of 275872
 
The Smithfield benchmarks are going to be disappointing and here's why:

My assumptions
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1) Most benchmarks we're going to see from our favorite review sites will be the same old set of single threaded tests that we have come to love, and hate. There simply aren't that many good multi-threaded benchmarks out there that desktop users can relate to.

2) Given (1) what's going to happen is that for most tests the second core is going to be mainly idle.

3) If we are generous and assume a Smithfield is the equivalent of two 660 cores at the high end, well we know how the 660 performs, it's not exactly a barn burner. The same will hold for the EE edition.

Think about it, even reviews of dual-core workstations are hard pressed to find good relevant benchmarks. I just can't see normal desktop PC users and especially gamers give Smithfield a second glance IF the benchmarks show their typical single threaded game or application doesn't perform as well as a single core processor, especially when the single core processor costs much less.

In my opinion, 64-bit will be more important on the desktop as it will allow normal PC applications to break the 2GB process barrier and provide an immediate benefit to memory hungry apps such as games, modeling, video, etc. No need to re-write the app to be multi-threaded and no need for a second core.

Of course this dual-core desktop argument also applies to AMD and that's why going for the workstation/server market first was the right choice.
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