NEXT GENERATION MOTHERBOARDS

[Hellboy]

Exactly!!!; you might want to read this review Hellboy:

CPU scaling with the radeon 5970
Round 2: Phenom II x4 scaling.

http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=869&p=12

"The Phenom II X4 results were quite different to those recorded when testing with the Core i7 processors, though this was not necessarily a bad thing. When operating at lower clock speeds, the Phenom II X4 did not fair all that well, as we saw a sharp decline in performance. However when clocked at 3.0GHz and beyond, the Phenom II X4 really picked up the pace, and in many cases was able to outclass the Core i7.

In games such as Wolfenstein, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X, BattleForge and Far Cry 2 the Phenom II X4 processors were actually faster when clocked up near 4GHz! This is quite amazing as out of the 9 games tested, the Phenom II X4 series was faster than the Core i7’s in 5 of them. Although the margins were very limited, the Phenom II X4 was found to be faster, and had it just managed to match the Core i7 series with the Radeon HD 5970, we would have been impressed."

That was optimized drivers by AMD to work better on AMD processors, with AMD chipsets..

if intel did this you lot would be up in arms

The bandwidth on core i 7 is higher on two card setups but the speed goes when 3 or more are installed to intel with i7.

AMD i feel have left Intel optimization out on purpose, dont know why ???

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

In a few short years, the gpu will be on chip, which may radically change the high end pci discrete as we know it today, making for a wider divide on what goes on pci, and eliminating low end discrete altogether.
How this effects it, and how newer cards effect it as well, only time will tell.
Weve reached a point where a heavily powered gpu having 3+ billion transistors are currently the norm thru 1 slot, and possibly much higher, and this has also brought with it the ability to use more power than ever before, as the efficiency of gpus goes up.
Thats why I think we may see several cards exceeding the pci standards this gen, and may shape its future

 

[yannifb]

That was optimized drivers by AMD to work better on AMD processors, with AMD chipsets..

if intel did this you lot would be up in arms

The bandwidth on core i 7 is higher on two card setups but the speed goes when 3 or more are installed to intel with i7.

AMD i feel have left Intel optimization out on purpose, dont know why ???

You've got to be kidding... And can I see proof of this optimization?

 

[Hellboy]

You've got to be kidding... And can I see proof of this optimization?

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_fusion.aspx?p=3&s=2

 

[yannifb]

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_fusion.aspx?p=3&s=2

Did they say in the article they used Overdrive? And even if they did, its not specifically designed for any game, and its not like whoever gets a PhII wont be able to use overdrive themselves.

 

[DarkMantle]

I don't see any mention of AMD Fusion Utility on that article at all, why would they use it without saying it somewhere on the article?, and even if they did, what would be the problem?.
AMD processors + AMD chipset + AMD graphic card, why can't they optimize their platform? everyone else does.

 

[xtc28]

That was optimized drivers by AMD to work better on AMD processors, with AMD chipsets..

if intel did this you lot would be up in arms

The bandwidth on core i 7 is higher on two card setups but the speed goes when 3 or more are installed to intel with i7.

AMD i feel have left Intel optimization out on purpose, dont know why ???

Well Ill say that it doesnt matter if it was an optimization or not ................. The AMDS do better ...... that is what counts! Quit whinning about so called cheating and get on with it already! What ever a company can do to make the APps run better is a great thing as far as I am concerned! Lets say I am running a my 2002 ford pickup truck with a V6 against my 2002 camaro with a V8. Let me guess you think the V8 in the camaro would win right? Wrong because I have OPTIMIZED my V6 in my truck it will kick the living sh## out of my camaro. Am I cheating? No absolutely not. Oh and by the way All I did was tweak the Computer programming. OH but thats cheating in the PC world, eh? If Intel did the optimizations, well then AMD would get skunked some more. BUT THEY DONT!!

 

[xtc28]

I don't see any mention of AMD Fusion Utility on that article at all, why would they use it without saying it somewhere on the article?, and even if they did, what would be the problem?.
AMD processors + AMD chipset + AMD graphic card, why can't they optimize their platform? everyone else does.

^^WORD to your mother!!!!

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Intel doesnt have a whole platform, and cant do it. Intel has denied nVidia an x86 license from rumors, so whats worse?
Intels denied selling Atoms are lower pricing than a SoC, which was cheaper, according to nVidia, so again, whats worse?
Intels being sued and investigated for the 2 actions above, points to whats worse

 

[xtc28]

Spintel mmmm mmmm mmmmm!! Bad puppy! Or for our cat lovers stinky Sh*ty kitty!

 

[Hellboy]

Well Ill say that it doesnt matter if it was an optimization or not ................. The AMDS do better ...... that is what counts! Quit whinning about so called cheating and get on with it already! What ever a company can do to make the APps run better is a great thing as far as I am concerned! Lets say I am running a my 2002 ford pickup truck with a V6 against my 2002 camaro with a V8. Let me guess you think the V8 in the camaro would win right? Wrong because I have OPTIMIZED my V6 in my truck it will kick the living sh## out of my camaro. Am I cheating? No absolutely not. Oh and by the way All I did was tweak the Computer programming. OH but thats cheating in the PC world, eh? If Intel did the optimizations, well then AMD would get skunked some more. BUT THEY DONT!!

Dont do drugs !


All im saying is that AMD has a discrete video card, a chipset and a processor system which Intel does not..

I am saying the software which connects all these items is engineered to perform better than if would be a Intel Processor, a intel based motherboard and a ATI video card...

But as fanbois are fanbois they still cant remove the crap from their eyes and take this as what is, as apposed to what does.


AMD optimizes their fusion software all the way when you have a complete AMD system. I would be nice to see the benchmarks if amd optimized it for a intel system as much.. Thats all im saying and this helps the products benchmarks which are enclosed in the package.

and again someone jumps on their horse.

and this goes for all fricken fanboys weather your intel or amd

 

[xtc28]

Woah BUB! Im no fan boy of either, I am a realist.... PERIOD! If AMD were to optimize for intel ....... well lets just say thats bad business! If intel would go about things slightly the way that AMD has there would be a difference. As for the drug comment ...... please grow up!!!

 

[yannifb]

Ummm hellboy, you realize the system doesnt optimize itself automatically?

 

[BadTrip]

Woah BUB! Im no fan boy of either, I am a realist.... PERIOD! If AMD were to optimize for intel ....... well lets just say thats bad business! If intel would go about things slightly the way that AMD has there would be a difference. As for the drug comment ...... please grow up!!!

You gotta excuse those Brits, 😉

 

[Hellboy]

You gotta excuse those Brits, 😉

yeah grow up...



Thats the whole point - AMD would not optimize for Intel..

Yes i realise AMD doesnt optimize automatically but are benchmarks optimized with this software.. More than likely

AMD and Nvidia did this with Futuremark and both were found guilty of cheating.

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

No, ATI did this a long time ago, and hasnt since, unlike the Crysis shimmer etc from nVidia, or many others.
AMD didnt do this

 

[xtc28]

Again can someone please explain why an optimization is cheating! If it actually does make things faster HOW COULD it be cheating?!!! Fusion is designed to do just that ... speed things up!!!!! Why in the Hell would it matter how they are accomplishing it. Now a benchmark on the other hand is a different story. If a benchmark gives you one score that suggests the hardware will perform better than it actually does then shame on whomever is producing the crap ass benchmark. Then we have actual performance, When the optimization "Fusion" is turned on we see an increase in performance from shut downs of background services, some minor tweaks, and depending on the level of Fusion setting you could actually get some OC in there too!!!! Now if you want to do that with intel and Nvidia go right ahead it is possible, Its just not the fusion software. You could do it with another FEW programs if you like. This is not about being a fan just pointing out that the logic behind what is being said HAS NO GROUND TO STAND ON!

I say again

If AMD were to optimize for Intel as well then THAT would be bad business .......... PERIOD!!!

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Intel must be lazy err I mean crazy not to do this

 

[roofus]

they all do it every chance they get. if you aren't optimizing for your own products best interest, you deserve to be out of business.

 

[xtc28]

Intel does not optimize in the way that AMD does with Fusion. They just cannot at the moment do this. They need an entire platform to do so. There are in fact internal optimizations in windows and other applications that take better advantage of Intel hardware over AMD. The sad thing is that Microsoft doesnt optimize for both Intel and AMD, other programs as well.

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Ahhh, not so fast my friend.
What does Intel do with its IGPs? They CHEAT!!

 

[xtc28]

Explain please.

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

They use their cpus to boost perf on them

 

[jennyh]

Yup true. They also fiddled the numbers in 3dmark, Crysis and other games - something I didn't see being tested for with the new cpu's btw.

 

[xtc28]

Ahh!! Ok then well I find that acceptable hardware to boost hardware!!! I cant really say thats cheating it does what they say it will consistantly, correct?! As long as the benchmarks arent saying one thing and performance says another. I still dont find that to be a cheat. I think that was part of the point to have gpu/cpu integrated yes/no?