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To: Elmer Phud who wrote (219023)	12/5/2006 2:59:14 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 275872

"No it doesn't prove anything but it's a pretty good indication nevertheless." Anything is possible. "AMD is getting killed on the high end so you'd think they'd do their best to show some top bin parts, if they could." Under normal circumstances, you have a valid point. But things aren't normal for AMD. For the first time in a long time they are getting commercial SKUs from major vendors. For that market, absolute highest performance isn't a requirement. Focus on moderate power and high volumes is. AMD, with the RS690 chipset has the only integrated graphics solution for Vista with Aero Glass support. Every other solution requires an external GPU. Which is not to say if they could blow Conroe out of the water, they wouldn't do it. But that has to wait for K8L. Until then, any trade offs for high performance isn't worth it until they are no longer production limited.