Price/Value, AMD vs. Intel, including Theoretical Thuban 1055T

[ash9]

you would want a new board to take advantage of HT3


dont know how sound it is but Wikipedia listsTurbo speeds and multipliers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_future_AMD_microprocessors#.22Magny-Cours.22_.2845_nm.2C_Twelve-core.29

 

[mindless728]

you would want a new board to take advantage of HT3


dont know how sound it is but Wikipedia listsTurbo speeds and multipliers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_future_AMD_microprocessors#.22Magny-Cours.22_.2845_nm.2C_Twelve-core.29

it would be fine since HT doesn't really affect performance that much

also, my board is the M4A78-E (its the DDR2 variant of the M4A78T-E), so i actually have a newer HT system (also PII X4 810)

 

[ash9]

that would work

 

[ash9]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/usb-3.0-sata-6gb,2583.html

AMD vs. Intel?

For some reason, all Intel chipsets available today only support PCI Express 2.0 on the primary links that are used for graphics. This applies to the 4- and 5-series chipsets employing the ICH10 southbridge. While Intel claims PCI Express 2.0 support on those links, it limits throughput to PCI Express 1.1-class performance. This is naturally a problem when we start looking at the latest high-speed motherboard-down controllers.

AMD, on the other hand, upgraded the link speeds on its 700- and 800-series chipsets, which means that current AMD mainstream and enthusiast chipsets don’t create bandwidth bottlenecks for high-speed add-on devices.

We took three P55 motherboards from Gigabyte and MSI that all come with different solutions to offer USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s connectivity. We analyzed SATA performance using Crucial’s new RealSSD-C300 and a Seagate Barracuda XT with support for the third-gen standard and found that not all solutions deliver ample bandwidth.

 

[ash9]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/usb-3.0-sata-6gb,2583-8.html

Check this out, from the same article above- 1st line : From who??? No one on the web can make a direct statement against Intel without trepidation.


Issues

Existing mainstream chipsets from do not provide sufficient PCI Express bandwidth for USB 3.0 or SATA 6Gb/s controllers because, while PCH-based PCI Express lanes supposedly offer a second-gen interface, they run at first-gen transfer rates (250 MB/s instead of 500 MB/s). Motherboard manufacturers can work around this by routing add-on components through PCIe switching logic or by physically wiring these controllers to PCI Express 2.0 lanes, which typically drive your graphics cards. AMD chipsets (starting with the 700-series) are fully PCI Express 2.0-compliant and consequently don’t exhibit such a limitation

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