SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 246.76-0.5%Nov 14 9:30 AM EST

 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: wbmw who wrote (243914)12/3/2007 11:26:19 AM
From: PetzRead Replies (2) of 275872
 
re: Pete: <<Re: Us guys like to argue that you should compare unoptimized code because almost all widely distributed code is not optimized.>>

You: <Incorrect. Most widely popular code has received many optimizations. Photoshop, 3D Studio Max, Cinebench, media encoders like DivX and MS Windows Encoder, games like Crysis, Unreal, Half Life, Doom/Quake...>


In the context of servers, none of the above matter. Which is why the fact that 2.5 GHz Barcelona was faster than Intel's 45nm Harpertowns on MySQL anandtech.com
is 5x more important than performance on your list of titles.

(Even 95W 2GHz was <1% behind 3GHz Clovertown.)

Petz
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext